Windhoek vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Windhoek	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$840	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2441	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$386	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$1086	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.5	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$781	$714
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	28	78
😀 Quality of life	50	66
🏙️ Population	431K	12.6M

The cost of living in Windhoek is 61% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 6296th and 8506th ($840 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 518th in Namibia and China, respectively. Check Namibia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Windhoek compared to 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Windhoek ranked 1st best city to live in Namibia vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 6223rd and 3930th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Windhoek vs Zhengzhou

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	Windhoek	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.2	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.3	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1113	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$903	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.1	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.6	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.26%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$795	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$827	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.9	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.64	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.44	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.63	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.61	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.98	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.4	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$174	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5452	$19861

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Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$779
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$833
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$818
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$797
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$832
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$807
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$790
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$766
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$761
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$741
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$654
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$690
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$692
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$718
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$809
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$600
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$663
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$859
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$554
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$670
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$585
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$652
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$848
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$774
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$971
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$874
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$997
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$736
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$909
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$838
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$705
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$822

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619