Survey - Cost of Living

Thank you for deciding to help us to compute the cost of living in China! It will only take you a couple of minutes and, in order to keep the data always updated, we need the help of all our readers that are based in China, even if only for a short period of time!

Notice that you don’t have to fill in all the fields of the survey. Just limit yourself to insert the prices of the items you know; you can leave the other fields empty!

Also, please enter the prices in Chinese Yuan (CNY). However, if you live in Hong Kong enter the prices in HKD (Hong Kong Dollars), if you live in Macau in MOP (Macau Pataca) and, if you live in Taipei, in TWD (Taiwanese Dollars).

Once you inserted the prices of the items you know, just click on the button “Send the Survey” that you find at the end of this page. Thanks again!

The Team of SDC

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Pick Your City and Take the Survey!

City Name

For Taipei, please introduce the prices in TWD divided by 10. So, if for instance, the price is 100 TWD, just put "10" (if you don't follow this instruction, you'll get an error)

Accommodation (Monthly Rent in a Standard Apartment)

City Center

Studio

Room in a Shared Apartment

3 Rooms Apartment

Far From City Center

Studio

Room in a Shared Apartment

3 Rooms Apartment

Utilities

Electricity, Water, Gas, Heating (1 person/monthly average)

What VPN do you use?

Sport and Leisure

Massage in a Luxury SPA

Gym Monthly Fee

Massage in a Small SPA

Cinema (International Release)

Transportation

Bicycle (Purchase)

Electric Bycicle (Purchase)

Eating and Drinking Out

Meal Inexpensive Restaurant

Meal Expensive Chinese Restaurant

Meal Expat Restaurant

Meal at McDonald

Domestic Beer in a "Student" Bar

Imported Beer in a Night Club / High End Venue

Cocktail in a Night Club / High End Venue

Cup of Coffee in a Coffe Shop

Market

Regular Milk (1 Liter)

Baguette

White Rice (500g, 1斤)

Eggs (6)

Chicken Breast (500g, 1斤)

Apples (500g, 1斤)

Oranges (500g, 1斤)

Potatoes (500g, 1斤)

Tomatoes (500g, 1斤)

Lettuce (1 Head)

Bottle of Water (Bottle of 1.5 Liter)

Bottle of Wine (cheap decent wine)

Domestic Beer (Bottle of 0.66 Liter)

Imported Beer (Bottle of 0.33 Liter)

Clothing

Jeans (H&M, Uniqlo, Zara or similar)

Summer Dress (H&M or similar)

Sport Shoes (Nike or similar)

Leather Shoes

Other

Haircut Chinese Shop

Haircut International Shop

Nanny / Cleaning Lady (Hourly Fee)

Monthly Net Salary

Language Teacher

Engineer

General Manager

Legal

Sales Manager

Pizza Maker ("Expat" Restaurant)

Chef ("Expat" Restaurant)

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