Wellington vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Wellington	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4283	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1132	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2002	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$521	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.1	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	17	62
😀 Quality of life	87	52
🏙️ Population	216K	9.08M

The cost of living in Wellington is 274% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 2432nd and 8696th ($1869 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 502nd in New Zealand and China, respectively. Check New Zealand vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Wellington compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Wellington ranked 3rd best city to live in New Zealand vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 358th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Wellington vs Xuzhou

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	Wellington	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.41	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1126	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$966	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2045	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5538	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4661	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.6	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.95	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.85	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.91	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.38	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.9	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.4	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.2	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$760	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12047	$21129

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Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1838
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1743
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1709
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1612
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1254
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1252
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1379
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1396
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1425
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1480
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1237
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1493
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1638
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1423
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1312
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1383
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1612
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1678
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1847
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1499
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1678
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1716
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$1961
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1536
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1461
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1250
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$2086
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1238
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1580
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2181
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2640
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1839
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2292
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1878
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1888
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1599
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2127
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1811

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753