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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    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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