Wellington vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Wellington	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2003	$531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4295	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$1243	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$1875	$350
🍽️ Food expenses	$532	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3056	$924
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	18	55
😀 Quality of life	84	52
🏙️ Population	216K	9.08M

The cost of living in Wellington is 277% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 2013th and 8496th ($2003 vs $531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 466th in New Zealand and China, respectively. Check New Zealand vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Wellington compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Wellington ranked 3rd best city to live in New Zealand vs Xuzhou ranked 101st in China, while ranked 485th and 6556th 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	$12.8	$2.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.34	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1062	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1957	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.9	$7.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.32%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3790	$1668
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$4.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.17	$1.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$1.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$5.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.59	$0.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.77	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$7.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.8	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$3.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.8	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$52.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1020	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13757	$22004

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Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1869
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1803
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1751
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1709
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1248
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1440
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1395
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1469
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1400
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1503
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1653
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1705
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1475
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1259
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1424
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1647
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1660
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1800
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1530
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1553
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1752
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2100
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1745
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1567
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1507
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1239
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$2232
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1282
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1695
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2354
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2844
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1995
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2481
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1911
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$2040
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1709
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2364
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1844

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$595
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$605
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$588
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$585
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$587
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$633
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$523
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$575
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$612
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$523
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$571
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$613
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$624
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$672
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$567
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$560
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$562
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$578
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$550
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$635
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$610
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$555
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$589
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$644
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$670
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$508
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$457
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$546
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$549
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$650
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$693
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$789