Summary about cost of living in Beijing:
- Four-person family monthly costs: 13,422.97￥ without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person monthly costs: 3,641.55￥ without rent.
- Cost of living index in Beijing is 15.60% lower than in Shanghai.
- Cost of living rank 378th out of 517 cities in the world.
- Beijing has a cost of living index of 46.49.
| Restaurants |
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Range |
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant |
30.00 ￥ |
20.00-40.00 |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course |
150.00 ￥ |
117.00-250.00 |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) |
30.00 ￥ |
25.00-37.00 |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught) |
5.00 ￥ |
4.50-10.00 |
| Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) |
25.00 ￥ |
15.00-40.00 |
| Cappuccino (regular) |
28.31 ￥ |
23.00-35.00 |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle) |
3.51 ￥ |
2.00-5.00 |
| Water (0.33 liter bottle) |
2.14 ￥ |
2.00-3.00 |
| Markets |
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| Milk (regular), (1 liter) |
10.93 ￥ |
8.00-15.00 |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) |
11.98 ￥ |
6.00-22.05 |
| Rice (white), (1kg) |
6.56 ￥ |
5.00-10.00 |
| Eggs (12) |
11.52 ￥ |
5.40-20.00 |
| Local Cheese (1kg) |
63.34 ￥ |
40.00-120.00 |
| Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1kg) |
24.25 ￥ |
15.00-40.00 |
| Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) |
77.38 ￥ |
50.00-100.00 |
| Apples (1kg) |
11.85 ￥ |
8.00-20.00 |
| Banana (1kg) |
8.58 ￥ |
5.00-12.00 |
| Oranges (1kg) |
11.30 ￥ |
8.00-20.00 |
| Tomato (1kg) |
7.72 ￥ |
5.00-10.00 |
| Potato (1kg) |
5.74 ￥ |
4.00-10.00 |
| Onion (1kg) |
6.44 ￥ |
4.00-10.00 |
| Lettuce (1 head) |
5.22 ￥ |
3.00-8.00 |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) |
3.69 ￥ |
3.00-6.00 |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) |
90.00 ￥ |
60.00-100.00 |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) |
5.61 ￥ |
4.00-8.00 |
| Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) |
17.71 ￥ |
12.00-25.00 |
| Pack of Cigarettes (Marlboro) |
16.00 ￥ |
12.00-20.00 |
| Transportation |
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| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) |
3.00 ￥ |
2.00-5.00 |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) |
200.00 ￥ |
100.00-200.00 |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) |
13.00 ￥ |
13.00-13.00 |
| Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff) |
2.30 ￥ |
2.30-2.60 |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) |
55.00 ￥ |
30.00-60.00 |
| Gasoline (1 liter) |
6.22 ￥ |
5.60-7.00 |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) |
130,000.00 ￥ |
100,000.00-160,000.00 |
| Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) |
112,100.00 ￥ |
100,000.00-200,000.00 |
| Utilities (Monthly) |
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| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment |
319.97 ￥ |
200.00-425.00 |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) |
0.32 ￥ |
0.15-1.00 |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) |
109.86 ￥ |
80.00-150.00 |
| Sports And Leisure |
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| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult |
322.88 ￥ |
150.00-500.00 |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) |
106.81 ￥ |
60.00-200.00 |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat |
60.00 ￥ |
40.00-80.00 |
| Childcare |
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| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Private, Monthly for 1 Child |
5,687.50 ￥ |
2,500.00-12,000.00 |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child |
160,000.00 ￥ |
100,000.00-210,000.00 |
| Clothing And Shoes |
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| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) |
415.44 ￥ |
200.00-600.00 |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) |
251.33 ￥ |
150.00-400.00 |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) |
671.67 ￥ |
500.00-800.00 |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes |
635.71 ￥ |
400.00-1,000.00 |
| Rent Per Month |
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| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre |
6,666.67 ￥ |
5,000.00-10,000.00 |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre |
3,681.76 ￥ |
2,300.00-5,000.00 |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre |
16,375.00 ￥ |
10,000.00-20,000.00 |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre |
7,738.46 ￥ |
5,500.00-14,000.00 |
| Buy Apartment Price |
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| Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre |
91,236.85 ￥ |
60,000.00-130,000.00 |
| Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre |
40,018.20 ￥ |
30,000.00-55,000.00 |
| Salaries And Financing |
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| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) |
8,786.81 ￥ |
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| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly |
4.91 |
4.50-5.50 |
Prices in Beijing
These data are based on 1329 entries in the past 18 months from 167 different contributors.
Last update: June 2017 |
