Wellington vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Wellington	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4283	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1132	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$2002	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$521	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.1	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	17	77
😀 Quality of life	87	68
🏙️ Population	216K	12.6M

The cost of living in Wellington is 271% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 2432nd and 8651st ($1869 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 491st 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 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Wellington ranked 3rd best city to live in New Zealand vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 358th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Wellington vs Zhengzhou infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/wellington/zhengzhou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Wellington vs Zhengzhou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/wellington/zhengzhou" target="_blank">Wellington vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Wellington vs Zhengzhou

Prices for goods and services in Wellington and Zhengzhou are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Wellington	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.41	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1126	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$966	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2045	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5538	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4661	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.6	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.95	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.85	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.91	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.38	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.9	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.4	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$760	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12047	$19556

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563