Tucson vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Tucson	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1930	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4538	$1732
🏠 One person rent	$1129	$340
🏘️ Family rent	$1921	$491
🍽️ Food expenses	$579	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.6	$59
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3744	$1080
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	33	42
😀 Quality of life	84	55
🏙️ Population	543K	7.1M

The cost of living in Tucson is 174% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 2278th and 7210th ($1930 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1724th and 49th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Tucson compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Tucson ranked 164th best city to live in the United States vs Yantai ranked 63rd in China, while ranked 490th and 6343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tucson vs Yantai

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	Tucson	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$3.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$4.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.24	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1140	$202
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$876	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1996	$365
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$63.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.9	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	3.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3141	$3115
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2502	$6250
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.33	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.1	$3.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.27	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$3.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.02	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.32	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.73	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.8	$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$5.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.5	$25.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$66.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.7	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1109	$338
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15659	$14357

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Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2089
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2110
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$776
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2444
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2227
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2396
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2381
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2298
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2435
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2471
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2357
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2359
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2338
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1961
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2345
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2324
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2312
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$890
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2317
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2316
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1764
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$978
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1919
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2798
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$1993
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2190

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$626
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$597
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$596
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$595
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$491
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$590
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$598
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$578
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$551
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$559
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$545
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$649
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$718
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$457
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$515
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$510
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$449
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$523
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$541
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$573
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$660
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$607
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$549
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$748
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$554
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$559
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$574
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$566
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$626
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$532
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$564
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$566
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$656
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$584
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$578
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$630
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$553
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$632
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$697