Wellington vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Wellington	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2003	$723
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4295	$1788
🏠 One person rent	$1243	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$1875	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$532	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3056	$1118
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	18	42
😀 Quality of life	84	55
🏙️ Population	216K	7.1M

The cost of living in Wellington is 177% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 2013th and 7142nd ($2003 vs $723) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 50th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Wellington ranked 3rd best city to live in New Zealand vs Yantai ranked 66th in China, while ranked 485th and 6342nd 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	$12.8	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.34	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$208
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1062	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1957	$375
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$435
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$46.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.9	$9.63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.32%	3.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$3213
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3790	$6406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$9.99
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.17	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$4.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$8.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$1.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.59	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.77	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$24.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.8	$25.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$3.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.8	$68.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$85.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1020	$361
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13757	$16486

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$639
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$611
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$494
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$601
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$608
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$587
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$557
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$568
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$553
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$649
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$737
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$460
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$523
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$522
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$453
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$536
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$549
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$596
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$668
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$619
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$582
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$550
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$759
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$576
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$572
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$589
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$582
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$645
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$539
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$578
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$672
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$599
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$593
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$645
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$571
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$648
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$720