Wellington vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Wellington	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4283	$1672
🏠 One person rent	$1132	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$2002	$323
🍽️ Food expenses	$521	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.1	$72.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$863
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	17	21
😀 Quality of life	87	46
🏙️ Population	216K	6.71M

The cost of living in Wellington is 105% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 2432nd and 6158th ($1869 vs $913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 12th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Wellington ranked 3rd best city to live in New Zealand vs Yancheng ranked 242nd in China, while ranked 358th and 7008th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Wellington vs Yancheng

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	Wellington	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$4.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.41	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$5.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1126	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$966	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2045	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$227
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84	$32.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$50
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5538	$2529
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4661	$1915
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.6	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.95	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.85	$1.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.91	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.38	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.9	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.4	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$28.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$4.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.2	$45.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$3.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$46.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$760	$434
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12047	$18627

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$663
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$664
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$617
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$654
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$651
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$602
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$610
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$597
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$622
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$590
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$621
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$537
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$597
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$547
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$601
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$602
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$618
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$612
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$753
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$564
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$632
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$679
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$583
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$567
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$696
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$674
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$639
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$558
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$673
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$771
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$696
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$546
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$509
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$1003