Wellington vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Wellington	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2235	$740
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4982	$1909
🏠 One person rent	$1407	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$2429	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$579	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$63.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2869	$1155
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	17	49
😀 Quality of life	84	52
🏙️ Population	216K	7.1M

The cost of living in Wellington is 202% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1293rd and 6718th ($2235 vs $740) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 59th in New Zealand and China, respectively. Check New Zealand vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Wellington compared to 1.6 months in Yantai. Wellington ranked 3rd best city to live in New Zealand vs Yantai ranked 49th in China, while ranked 353rd and 6113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Wellington vs Yantai

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	Wellington	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$3.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.7	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.67	$1.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.62	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1212	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2525	$377
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2135	$425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$67.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8089	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7074	$7710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.7	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$133	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.08	$1.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.72	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.24	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.3	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.19	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.6	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$84.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$822	$562
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13500	$24056

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Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1866
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1844
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1784
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1729
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1406
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1334
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1318
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1640
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1573
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1205
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1447
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1403
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1981
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1569
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1274
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1671
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1654
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1791
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1879
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1634
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1939
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1848
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2205
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1861
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1916
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1463
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1531
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1928
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1359
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1532
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2286
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2801
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1833
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2472
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1755
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1997
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1732
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2265
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1700

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$674
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$663
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$656
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$653
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$674
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$649
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$655
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$645
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$657
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$618
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$761
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$640
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$608
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$536
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$501
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$558
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$605
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$579
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$748
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$667
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$578
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$610
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$869
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$526
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$605
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$581
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$677
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$565
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$602
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$608
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$700
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$668
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$627
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$693
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$588
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$684
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$742