Rents quoted on camera, from 13 m2 rooms to three-bedroom flats. It draws on 31 videos and 44 individual figures, covering Anyang, Beihai, Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Enshi, Hubei.
At a glance
| dorm bed | $6 | Chongqing |
|---|---|---|
| monthly rent excluding commuting costs | $20 | Pengzhou |
| 12-square-meter single room rent | $30 a month | Pengzhou |
| monthly rent including utilities | $40 | Chengdu |
Rent & housing
Data sources
Every figure on this page was stated in one of the following videos. Follow a link to hear it in context.
- 3-Bedroom Apartment Tour in Qingdao, China: Rent and Real Life
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- Inside a Beijing Apartment: Wangjing Home Tour and Costs
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- Shenzhen Cost of Living: An American Family's Budget
- Living Alone in a Chinese Ghost City on $300 a Month
- Walking Shanghai's North Bund: A 4-Hour Urban Transformation Tour
- Shenzhen: Inside China's Most Futuristic City in 4 Days
- Chinese YouTuber Fact-Checks Viral Videos About Life in China
- Inside a $30 a Month Rental Room in Pengzhou, China
- Inside a Chongqing Urban Village: Daily Life and 300 Yuan Rent
- Inside Hong Kong's Coffin Homes and Cage Apartments
- A Day Inside a Typical Chinese University in Anyang
- Retiree Life in Beihai: What It Costs to Live in China
- Inside a 13m Rented Apartment in Shenzhen, China
- Daily Life in Weifang, China: Breakfast, Supermarket, Night Market
- Rainy Day Routine and Apartment Tour in Huizhou, China
- Inside a Guangzhou Urban Village: Small Rental, No Jobs, 700 RMB Rent
- China's Sinkhole Village: Life at the Bottom of Enshi Canyon
- Apartment Hunting in Shenzhen: A Sister's Story of Home
- Inside a Shenzhen Family Apartment: Real Costs and Daily Life
- Visiting Furong Ancient Town, Built on a Waterfall in Hunan
- Riding Second Class on a China High-Speed Train to Guizhou
- Inside a $85K Apartment in Yunnan, China: Full Home Tour
- Renting in a Chengdu Slum for $40 a Month: A Single Woman's Story
- A Weekend in Old Guangzhou and Foshan: Real Life and Costs
- A Single Woman's Daily Life in Shenzhen, China
- Riding Second Class on a Chinese Train to Qingdao