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High Wycombe vs. Beijing Cost of Living Summary

High Wycombe is 2.4 times more expensive than Beijing.

Restaurants: pay 3.7 times more in High Wycombe
Groceries: pay 34.1% more in High Wycombe
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in High Wycombe
Housing: pay 3.4 times more in High Wycombe
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.6 times more in High Wycombe
Clothing: pay 5.6% less in High Wycombe

The cost of restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, transportation, and groceries in High Wycombe are more expensive than in Beijing. Notably, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in High Wycombe.

High Wycombe vs. Beijing Cost Breakdown

If you lived in High Wycombe instead of Beijing, you would:

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pay 3.7 times more for restaurants

	Beijing	High Wycombe
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.21 CN¥29.74	$16.03 £12.01	+281.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.91 CN¥34.69	$9.07 £6.80	+84.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.48 CN¥3.39	$2.30 £1.73	+380.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 CN¥2.17	$1.33 £1.00	+334.2%
Average			+270.1%

Beijing vs. High Wycombe - Cost of restaurants

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pay 34.1% more for groceries

	Beijing	High Wycombe
Bread 1 loaf	$1.71 CN¥12.07	$1.54 £1.16	-9.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.47 CN¥52.80	$3.66 £2.74	-51.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.64 CN¥46.96	$6.57 £4.93	-1.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.78 CN¥12.56	$3.67 £2.75	+106.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.53 CN¥10.83	$3.63 £2.72	+137.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98 CN¥6.95	$1.06 £0.79	+7.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 CN¥5.44	$0.55 £0.41	-29.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 CN¥5.66	$1.39 £1.04	+74.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 CN¥4.26	$0.83 £0.62	+37.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 CN¥2.46	$0.60 £0.45	+72.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.41 CN¥2.92	$0.54 £0.40	+30.3%
Average			+34.1%

Beijing vs. High Wycombe - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Beijing	High Wycombe
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.21 CN¥29.77	$7.18 £5.38	+70.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$31.54 CN¥223.02	$80.13 £60.06	+154.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,225.66 CN¥128,857.25	$37,772.71 £28,315.37	+107.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.63 CN¥32.71	$16.29 £12.21	+252.2%
Average			+146.0%

Beijing vs. High Wycombe - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.4 times more for housing

	Beijing	High Wycombe
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.93 CN¥91.43	$40.06 £30.03	+209.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$935.23 CN¥6,612.19	$1,468.98 £1,101.18	+57.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$504.41 CN¥3,566.20	$1,335.43 £1,001.07	+164.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$39.27 CN¥277.61	$245.09 £183.73	+524.2%
Average			+239.0%

Beijing vs. High Wycombe - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Beijing	High Wycombe
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$710.76 CN¥5,025.17	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,242.73 CN¥164,328.40	??

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pay 2.6 times more for entertainment and sports

	Beijing	High Wycombe
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.12 CN¥7.93	$5.34 £4.00	+376.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.90 CN¥20.52	$4.64 £3.48	+59.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.21 CN¥29.74	$19.36 £14.52	+360.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$57.84 CN¥408.91	$48.08 £36.04	-16.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.41 CN¥59.47	$11.34 £8.50	+34.9%
Average			+162.9%

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pay 5.6% less for clothing

	Beijing	High Wycombe
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$62.30 CN¥440.46	$66.77 £50.05	+7.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.37 CN¥257.16	$46.74 £35.04	+28.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$81.74 CN¥577.91	$66.77 £50.05	-18.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$105.53 CN¥746.11	$63.43 £47.55	-39.9%
Average			-5.6%

Beijing vs. High Wycombe - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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