Windhoek vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Windhoek	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$985	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2264	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$515	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$857	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.2	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$700	$575
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	29	77
😀 Quality of life	57	68
🏙️ Population	431K	12.6M

The cost of living in Windhoek is 95% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5698th and 8651st ($985 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 491st in Namibia and China, respectively. Check Namibia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Windhoek compared to 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Windhoek ranked 1st best city to live in Namibia vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 6153rd and 4484th 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	$10.5	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.18	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.07	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$846	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$633	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.4	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.9	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.88%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1315	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$718	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.2	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.97	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.35	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.63	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.23	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$225	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5380	$19556

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Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$904
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$924
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$927
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$836
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$948
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$857
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$819
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$807
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$607
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$637
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$637
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$668
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$833
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$536
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$577
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$861
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$514
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$653
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$587
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$606
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$875
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$762
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$984
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$890
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$984
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$719
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$975
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$892
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$684
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$826

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