Wellington vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Wellington	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4283	$1685
🏠 One person rent	$1132	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2002	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$521	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.1	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$1071
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	17	49
😀 Quality of life	87	56
🏙️ Population	216K	7.1M

The cost of living in Wellington is 168% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 2432nd and 7113th ($1869 vs $697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 51st 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Wellington ranked 3rd best city to live in New Zealand vs Yantai ranked 57th in China, while ranked 358th and 6213th 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	$13	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.41	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1126	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$966	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2045	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84	$41.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5538	$3023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4661	$6096
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$3.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.6	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.95	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.85	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.91	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.38	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.9	$3.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.4	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$4.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.2	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$760	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12047	$12503

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$620
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$592
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$592
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$590
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$485
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$586
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$592
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$573
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$541
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$565
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$549
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$626
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$678
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$448
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$542
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$576
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$654
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$558
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$741
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$548
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$562
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$614
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$537
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$561
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$563
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$641
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$580
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$565
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$619
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$537
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$616
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$688