Are you up for the challenge??? Keep track of everything you spend in a week you could be in for a surprise! I felt like we didn't spend much but then when you add it all up I was a bit shocked.
This is in Hong Kong. Excluding vacations, parents/relatives spendings, health insurance because these vary widely from one person to another. Monthly expenses for 2 living in self-own flat and adopting a dog (just paying for all expenses, not living together) is about US$2876. I would say dog expenses is abt US$120/mo or less.
This was a great breakdown of weekly expenses! Having lived in Beijing and now in Tianjin I find that transportation, rent, and food are much cheaper in Tianjin however I loved what you said about being in the center of everything. I think that’s totally worth the expense.
Thanks a lot! Yeah I bet you can really see the difference living in both cities. When we lived in Nanjing it was much cheaper too but we had also just got back from traveling and were in debt so were a lot more careful with our money. Now I'm old enough to enjoy life a little bit. I actually didn't think we spent very much but when you see it like this it's more than I thought haha
@@Nicofilms 😂 So true. There is more money to travel and breaking it down is so eye opening. I hate to think how much I spend on Didi each week.🤦🏼♂️ I should look into getting a scooter.
Nihao! Your prices are very accurate and very similar to my costs in Changzhou, near Nanjing. I was very surprised at your rent I expected Beijing to be much higher. Mine was 1800 a month for a furnished 2 bedroom at about 75 meters in an older building. The local food is super cheap. Breakfast is usually dumplings (6 rmb), steamed buns (3 rmb) or egg & chicken wraps for 10 rmb. Dinners were usually at the local fast food cafeteria, a meat, a vegetable, rice and water for about 20 rmb. Laowei meals were Western prices at 100-200 without a bunch of drinks. My scooter was the best thing I bought there. Super convenient and easy to get around on. Just be careful walking because you don't hear them coming. They are fun and surprisingly quick. I hope you are enjoying your stay. It is a great place and the people were very nice. Xi xi,
What on earth am I doing still here in the UK!! That's insane that the total cost for you both doesn't even come close to the cost of just my rent (that I pay for on my own).. Cost of living in the UK (sth London) is way way too high 😞... As soon as this ridiculousness is over, I'm definitely going to be relocating, it's too unbalanced. Thank you so much for your video, really helped 👏🏻
We used to live in Nottingham and the rent was much cheaper than here but everything else was way more expensive. I feel if you were living in London then it would be so high. We can live pretty comfortably here like you saw in the video we aren't trying to be frugal but also we are not huge spenders and so we can still save as well. Good luck, I hope you can relocate soon!
That is about $620 or so and you are doing pretty well. If you can teach English to two or three students 4 hours per week then you can easily pay off your expenses. Now, I miss Beijing; I used to visit each year !
Beautiful presentation by Nico sis. Keep it up. Really appreciate ❤️❤️❤️. Happy belated Chinese New Year to all. China totally living in future. As an Indian. I really appreciate Chinese people's hardworking ❤️. .. One day I will visit to my favourite country China. And I will meet with all my favourite UA-camrs ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ .........🙏
As an Aussie, I found Chinese cities inexpensive compared to cities in Australia, USA, UK, and even most cities in the EU. And Chinese Cities have the most amazing infrastructure and transport systems. The cities in Australia, USA, UK and EU look generally old style, but the Chinese Cities look refreshing new and futuristic, with constant changes, and endless improvements.
i ate in that exact same place , oh how i miss beijing style hotpot 🤤 1:09 they have really great shrimp paste and small bread. oh you're killing me nico 😭 wish you a speedy recovery
Oh really?? That is in our neighborhood! Thanks a lot, my recovery is anything but speedy unfortunately I don't think I will ever get better at this rate 😭
I am originally from Boston Massachusetts where you can expect to pay $3,000 a month for a one bedroom apartment in the worst neighborhood. I have been living in Cambodia since 2014 and I am away from the center of Phnom Penh but I pay $200 a month for rent $20 on electricity and $2 dollars for water . Many of the Chinese living in PP say the food is really expensive here compared to China . Thank you for the video very informative.
I think this is when you divide the expenses of two of you live together and get this number of money for each of you, and one people's expenses is pretty much the same as two
$847.00 US holy smokes!! That is extremely low compared to our family. My mortgage is $1,200, water $300, electricity/gas $150, call phone for three people $250, food $300, no gym membership but if so we have a real basic one I believe that’s $25, etc could be less if we tried to lower food costs. We also hunt and fish, for meat
The living cost in jakarta more expensive. Single person with motorcycle, if it calculate estimate from 900 usd to 1000 usd. Middle class with families spend minimun 2000 permonth. Living quality are better in beijing, have good public transporation and all you can eat at there. In jakarta, traffic jam...not good idea to lived in jakarta. But bali island, yes you can, the cost of living some of it more lower with high quality of living. No stressfull life in bali. But many natural disasters in here. Thank you for sharing.
Hidden cost of China. Liver and kidney failure from poisonous food, lung cancer from the toxic air, venereal disease from squatter toilet so on and so forth. Not to mention no democracy. Jakarta is heaven comparing to China, thats why so many Chinese in Jakarta.
@@dimelo3027This is nothing to do with democracy. The biggest democracy has the biggest slum in the world. The most powerful country on earth is a republic with electoral college.
Amazing video, as always! So, an idea for a new video, maybe make it about Chinas work ethic and what holidays you get off, do you work Saturday’s, how many hours do most Chinese like to work, etc.
Thanks Chloe I'm pleased you enjoyed it! Actually we just recorded a similar video about the working difference between here and the UK it will be out in a few weeks!
847 dollars a week multiply by 4 weeks that's 3,388 dollars a month. Not really cheap. But compare to New York it's cheap or western Capital City it is really cheap.
I live in a smaller city (according to Chinese standards) in Ningxia province and my monthly cost is considerably less. The school pays for my rent and phone. Food is much cheaper as there are no western places. I walk or use the bus (¥1) or a taxi (¥5) to school. I also do lots of home cooking but always have buy a meal for lunch. My indulgence is Taobao and when I travel to other cities in China but the bulk goes straight into savings. Thank you for this breakdown.
Thanks for sharing! That is awesome you get your rent paid for. Yes I mean most of our money goes on Western food and beer if we didn't have that we wouldn't spend a lot haha
Great video! I’m moving back to China this summer! I’m wondering who you take your online Chinese classes from? I’m interested in learning the language and not sure where to start. Thanks!
Awesome! I was recommended her by a friend she is a local tutor. I know there are many schools which do it online but they could be pricy. You might want to start my doing some independent learning before you arrive then seeing if you can find a local tutor that you can meet or do classes with.
I live in Zhengzhou, I'm a teacher at a university so I don't pay rent. My apartment is in the contract. If I buy food at the local market it's quite cheap. I did buy some take out today: stir fry cauliflower, Kung Pao chicken, and dumplings: 110 yuan. But I can get four meals out of that, if I pair it with tomato salads.
I think rent is by far the biggest expense that is so lucky you get it paid for. If we were to only buy local food it would be much cheaper as Western food (and beers) really hike up the cost.
Great video. I spent a total of 13,500 last month with rent and everything. This is in Beijing with me having my own apartment that is about the same price as yours. I am very thrifty though and could certainly be considered a penny pincher (every penny counts! 😄). I also don’t live in the center of the city so food and such is prob a bit cheaper. It is very very easy for that number to go up with alcohol and western food and such. Keep making great videos 🙂
So total per week is around 3,375 yuan. So you are each spending less per person. I don’t cook at all though so that’s prob part of it. And not splitting rent. Oh well, I love it here and save enough to be quite content 😌
Sounds about right then. I think the rent is pretty pricy here and like you say if you have a meal out and some drinks that is easily about ¥500 for 2 people. I don't think we are very frugal but we also don't spend like crazy. If we didn't have to pay for my physio and we weren't learning Chinese then we would only really spend money on food. Me too! I can live a decent life and save where as I felt the whole of my 20's were spent scrimping so now I can live a better life. Thanks for sharing your spends I think it is really interesting when you really think about it all.
That is relatively high in comparison to live other cities, which makes a sense. In general, the total living cost shall not exceed 1/3 or 1/2 of your income. I will believe your both combined incomes has to be at least 2-3 times of the cost in this case.
The rent is a lot higher here than in other cities. When we lived in Nanjing we would pay about half that. Also food was cheaper and we didn't go out as much as the options weren't as good.
Hi Nico, thanks for all the videos about Beijing. Although I lived in Beijing for 6 years since 2001, I left there already for almost 14 years. This summer I am going to move back to Beijing and start to work in Sanyuanqiao area, if everything goes well, no large COVID outbreak again. I am wandering what is the WeChat housing group? How could I find such a descent place like what you have? all the apartments I am looking at are rather expensive.
You will not recognize Beijing when u go back. Of course, the housing price is much much higher😂 Nico said she spent 2000 per week, that means monthly rent is above 8000. You can find an ordinary one bedroom apartment at around 6000 in Sanyuanqiao area.
Great to hear you are moving back. Yes that area is quite popular now and so apartment prices are probably quite high. The group is more for hutongs and that area but I can give you my agent and he might know some people that work in Sanyuanqiao area and can add you to the group. His WeChat is jay57168.
waah i love your videos ! I really hope that China will open borders this summer because I have to go back to China for my studies in Beijing .... have a nice day !
Living in Düsseldorf Germany, size 40sqm apartment in City center. rent-590euro, electricity bill& water-100 Euro, phone-8 Euro, Internet-19 Euro, food-500 Euro, transportation-50 Euro..so all together 1267 Euro för basic cost
Damn my expenses were around 1200 a week, 2000 if i spent alot. That was in Xiamen too, not one of the cheapest cities. Now I see why the wages are higher in Beijing lol
@@yaqiwang5242 I was paying 2500 a month for a nice studio 5 minutes from the beach in the south east of the main Island near the convention center, seemed like I got a good deal tbf. 1 and 2 bedroom flats in the building ran 3000-5000
I'm still studying in UK rn sixth form and this vid made my mind set living in China although I wasn't too sure now I am! All that's left is job, learn some Chinese and ofc most importantly get a wechat acc to pay for stuff lol
@@Nicofilms I'm Canadian, yes Beijing is AMAZING, it's the Toronto of China. There are amazing cities in China that are affordable and you can afford to save and travel. Chengdu, Chongqing to name two..
I live in Luoyang, a 3 tier city in Henan province. In average I spend around 4000rmb per month on living. I use Didi a lot, order food every day and eat out with friends once a week.
@@Nicofilms Studio will start from 1200 rmb in a good community, 1 bedroom from 1600 rmb, 2 bedrooms from 2000 rmb. Personally I pay 1660 rmb (1500 pays my school) and live in one of the most expensive communities here.
@@martinkhachatryan2922 Wow that is amazing! That is so cheap we pay more than that a week. What a difference, I bet people will find that super helpful, thanks!
@@davidltm2048 that’s big in hong kong. Over 1000 sq ft is big. And rent per sq ft is higher for big unit. If it is for 2px like the channel owner, then it is a big expense.
Wow that is a lot on rent. Rent is the biggest thing but I think I spent a lot more daily in the UK apart from rent so it is still far cheaper here for me.
Beijing is more expensive than Stockholm in Sweden. I have lived in both, be careful people. I thought China would be cheap before I moved there but I ended up spending 20k rmb/month just on rent/food/alcohol and I didn't own a car or buy any clothes, I think I lived pretty frugally compared to in Sweden......but I mostly cooked western food or ate western food in restaurants which is EXPENSIVE! I tried to eat Chinese food but didn't like it unfortunately.
@@hammadzafar8029 Haha well you need numbers to explain the expenses. People complained they couldn't figure out the ¥ last time so we had to put $ this time too.
Wow I thought Beijing rent was a lot more expensive, my rent in Shenzhen far from the city center is 3000, my total monthly expenses 5500 including insurance, no gym :(.
I wonder if u watch other youtubers on ur spare time. there's this one channel called off the great wall. they started like in 2013 and they were big. they didn't make vids for like 3 years and now they're back. u probably heard of this channel before or not. But yea check out their latest clip, they talk about the point of the channel and how they started. they were very popular in the US and canada
Yes it is a 'Niu' bike. I used to charge it every other day but my battery is a few years old now so I charge it everyday to be on the safe side. I leave it over night so I don't know how long it takes. I'm sure their website will be able to give you more detailed specs and also the different battery sizes.
Thanks for the video! Really want to know how you found your place? Using apps or an agent? We are thinking of moving to China but are not sure how to look for a place from Canada.
Hi! We used an agent on WeChat I would wait until you arrive before you look as places can go quite fast. We found out place in a day. I made a video about moving to China and it touches on a few things so maybe you will find that helpful :) ua-cam.com/video/uzRZtkYjnXs/v-deo.html
wait, 40rmb each way on the subway? is he taking an express train over a long distance? also where is this low rent? I am seeing 7,000rmb for many places in the center of Beijing. Good work!
No and I think the rent plays a big factor in this. If it wasn't for rent I don't think it is that bad. I'm not sure the size of it. We are going to do a house tour next so I will see if we can work it out for that.
This is what we spend in a week. There are monthly expenses which we pay like rent, utilities etc which we broke down to show you how much these costs are per week.
That really depends on what you do that day and how expensive your tastes are. If you were to get a taxi across town, get a bowl of noodles and go to a museum it would be about ¥100 but if you wanted to eat at a more Western restaurant then the price would be a lot more.
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Hold up, 40 rmb per trip on a subway? Isn't it 2 rmb? 40 seems like a lot especially if its only a one way trip. And omg western food cost 115 USD!?! Its higher than I expected
It depends which you go to. Local doctors are much cheaper but if you go to a foreign hospital it could be anything from ¥150-500 depending on who you need to see.
That's really cheap in China, a week you might need 7 masks, 1 yuan for each, total 7 yuan, sanitizer might 10 yuan for 1 bottle, that's 17 yuan only, cheap than a cup of coffee.
That would come under groceries as Jack buys when grabbing things for the week but actually like @bosskey says my company provide me with free masks and hand sanitiser so I haven't had to pay for either in over a year.
Incredible, you just pay ¥2125 $240 monthly for your apartment😱😱😱，and you rent it in downtown (beijing er’huan area), is that true? Wow, how I envy you!😊😊
Are you up for the challenge??? Keep track of everything you spend in a week you could be in for a surprise! I felt like we didn't spend much but then when you add it all up I was a bit shocked.
This is in Hong Kong.
Excluding vacations, parents/relatives spendings, health insurance because these vary widely from one person to another.
Monthly expenses for 2 living in self-own flat and adopting a dog (just paying for all expenses, not living together) is about US$2876. I would say dog expenses is abt US$120/mo or less.
Nico, how do you teach English if you don't speak mandarin?
The fact that you’re able to have meals in restaurants is priceless at the moment when compared with here in London.
Well yes definitely life is pretty much back to normal here.
Toronto
I haven't eaten in a restaurant for at least half a year. We still in stay at home order.
@@jjc4232 In Montreal, we haven't gone out for dinner in over 13 months! So bad.
This was a great breakdown of weekly expenses! Having lived in Beijing and now in Tianjin I find that transportation, rent, and food are much cheaper in Tianjin however I loved what you said about being in the center of everything. I think that’s totally worth the expense.
Beijing to Tianjin is 30mins if you ride on CRH high speed 😁
@@NintendoFanboy21 you are so right! I go back and forth a lot.
Thanks a lot! Yeah I bet you can really see the difference living in both cities. When we lived in Nanjing it was much cheaper too but we had also just got back from traveling and were in debt so were a lot more careful with our money. Now I'm old enough to enjoy life a little bit. I actually didn't think we spent very much but when you see it like this it's more than I thought haha
@@Nicofilms 😂 So true. There is more money to travel and breaking it down is so eye opening. I hate to think how much I spend on Didi each week.🤦🏼♂️ I should look into getting a scooter.
@@JohnThomasAbroad scooter is a great option too!
So looking forward to moving all the way to Beijing, thank you so much 😊
Hope our videos help you! Good luck with the move.
Nihao! Your prices are very accurate and very similar to my costs in Changzhou, near Nanjing. I was very surprised at your rent I expected Beijing to be much higher. Mine was 1800 a month for a furnished 2 bedroom at about 75 meters in an older building.
The local food is super cheap. Breakfast is usually dumplings (6 rmb), steamed buns (3 rmb) or egg & chicken wraps for 10 rmb. Dinners were usually at the local fast food cafeteria, a meat, a vegetable, rice and water for about 20 rmb. Laowei meals were Western prices at 100-200 without a bunch of drinks.
My scooter was the best thing I bought there. Super convenient and easy to get around on. Just be careful walking because you don't hear them coming. They are fun and surprisingly quick.
I hope you are enjoying your stay. It is a great place and the people were very nice. Xi xi,
What on earth am I doing still here in the UK!! That's insane that the total cost for you both doesn't even come close to the cost of just my rent (that I pay for on my own).. Cost of living in the UK (sth London) is way way too high 😞... As soon as this ridiculousness is over, I'm definitely going to be relocating, it's too unbalanced. Thank you so much for your video, really helped 👏🏻
We used to live in Nottingham and the rent was much cheaper than here but everything else was way more expensive. I feel if you were living in London then it would be so high. We can live pretty comfortably here like you saw in the video we aren't trying to be frugal but also we are not huge spenders and so we can still save as well. Good luck, I hope you can relocate soon!
Nice. Thanks Nico for your videos of real life inside China.
That is about $620 or so and you are doing pretty well. If you can teach English to two or three students 4 hours per week then you can easily pay off your expenses. Now, I miss Beijing; I used to visit each year !
Happy Niu Year, all the best wishes to you and Jack. Hope you enjoy your life in China and the friendship of Chinese people as always.
Happy new year! Thanks a lot!
i am always benefiting from your amazing videos! thank you Nico
Happy to hear that I'm pleased you find them useful!
Love Beijing and I want to go back now cause of Jianbing and porkbuns 😋
Mmmm me too I love a jiangbing for breakfast!
Beautiful presentation by Nico sis.
Keep it up. Really appreciate ❤️❤️❤️.
Happy belated Chinese New Year to all.
China totally living in future.
As an Indian. I really appreciate Chinese people's hardworking ❤️.
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One day I will visit to my favourite country China.
And I will meet with all my favourite UA-camrs ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Thanks a lot! Happy New Year to you too!
Thanks for the informative vid! Always love and appreciate the quality of y'all's video content and editing!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!
As an Aussie, I found Chinese cities inexpensive compared to cities in Australia, USA, UK, and even most cities in the EU. And Chinese Cities have the most amazing infrastructure and transport systems. The cities in Australia, USA, UK and EU look generally old style, but the Chinese Cities look refreshing new and futuristic, with constant changes, and endless improvements.
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Gr8, first time seen a Beijing vlogger on here, I guess I'll be a regular from now on.
Yes I live in Beijing! Welcome to my channel I have quite a few videos about the city I hope you enjoy them!
0:49 That one is the OG of Chinese instant noodle, good pick
I'm early...great video as always
Thanks a lot for watching!
i ate in that exact same place , oh how i miss beijing style hotpot 🤤 1:09
they have really great shrimp paste and small bread. oh you're killing me nico 😭
wish you a speedy recovery
Oh really?? That is in our neighborhood! Thanks a lot, my recovery is anything but speedy unfortunately I don't think I will ever get better at this rate 😭
I am originally from Boston Massachusetts where you can expect to pay $3,000 a month for a one bedroom apartment in the worst neighborhood. I have been living in Cambodia since 2014 and I am away from the center of Phnom Penh but I pay $200 a month for rent $20 on electricity and $2 dollars for water . Many of the Chinese living in PP say the food is really expensive here compared to China . Thank you for the video very informative.
Live in Amsterdam. 25m2 studio rental: 970€. Food and grocery: 550€. insurance: 180€. Plus others in total I spend 1800€ each month....
Thanks for sharing! I guess that is about the same as us per person if you are paying that on your own.
I think this is when you divide the expenses of two of you live together and get this number of money for each of you, and one people's expenses is pretty much the same as two
Agree with you
$847.00 US holy smokes!! That is extremely low compared to our family. My mortgage is $1,200, water $300, electricity/gas $150, call phone for three people $250, food $300, no gym membership but if so we have a real basic one I believe that’s $25, etc could be less if we tried to lower food costs. We also hunt and fish, for meat
Where do you live? I think the rent is quite pricy compared to other cities in China but generally the living costs are pretty low here.
Boston suburb, $1900 rent/month (1b1b) + $400/month grocery + $400/month utilities + $300/month food/entertainment = $3000/month
Interesting so I guess that is about the same as we would spend per month. Is that for one or 2 persons?
@@Nicofilms One person
This was so useful! Will help me prep for my eventual move.
Glad you found it useful and I hope you get here soon!!
Good vid I like it, Beijing is the best City
I love it too!
The living cost in jakarta more expensive. Single person with motorcycle, if it calculate estimate from 900 usd to 1000 usd. Middle class with families spend minimun 2000 permonth.
Living quality are better in beijing, have good public transporation and all you can eat at there. In jakarta, traffic jam...not good idea to lived in jakarta.
But bali island, yes you can, the cost of living some of it more lower with high quality of living. No stressfull life in bali.
But many natural disasters in here.
Thank you for sharing.
Hidden cost of China. Liver and kidney failure from poisonous food, lung cancer from the toxic air, venereal disease from squatter toilet so on and so forth. Not to mention no democracy. Jakarta is heaven comparing to China, thats why so many Chinese in Jakarta.
@@dimelo3027 China has a GDP per capita nearly three times that of Indonesia...
@@dimelo3027 Jakarta is heaven? squatter toilet is way more clean because you don't need to sit.
@@dimelo3027 You must been kidding me...democracy
@@dimelo3027This is nothing to do with democracy. The biggest democracy has the biggest slum in the world. The most powerful country on earth is a republic with electoral college.
Good time for relaxing!
Amazing video, as always! So, an idea for a new video, maybe make it about Chinas work ethic and what holidays you get off, do you work Saturday’s, how many hours do most Chinese like to work, etc.
Thanks Chloe I'm pleased you enjoyed it! Actually we just recorded a similar video about the working difference between here and the UK it will be out in a few weeks!
@@Nicofilms perfect!🥰
Location, location, location. The place where you live right now is priceless!
So true!
Lovely detailed video Nico.
Congrats.
Glad you liked it! Thanks a lot!
Can't wait to move back within next year or so.
Good luck I hope you manage to!
847 dollars a week multiply by 4 weeks that's 3,388 dollars a month. Not really cheap. But compare to New York it's cheap or western Capital City it is really cheap.
That's for two adults so that's amazing cheap. My rent alone in Southern cal for 1 person is $2500 per month.
That’s how much i was spending for 2 in san francisco 15yrs ago. Very little entertainment, maybe 2 meals eat out a week and 3 movies a year.
Like we said it is expensive here in Beijing mainly because of rent and my physio but compared to Western countries it is a lot cheaper.
I live in a smaller city (according to Chinese standards) in Ningxia province and my monthly cost is considerably less. The school pays for my rent and phone. Food is much cheaper as there are no western places. I walk or use the bus (¥1) or a taxi (¥5) to school. I also do lots of home cooking but always have buy a meal for lunch. My indulgence is Taobao and when I travel to other cities in China but the bulk goes straight into savings.
Thank you for this breakdown.
Thanks for sharing! That is awesome you get your rent paid for. Yes I mean most of our money goes on Western food and beer if we didn't have that we wouldn't spend a lot haha
so useful information. thaku
Great video! I’m moving back to China this summer! I’m wondering who you take your online Chinese classes from? I’m interested in learning the language and not sure where to start. Thanks!
Awesome! I was recommended her by a friend she is a local tutor. I know there are many schools which do it online but they could be pricy. You might want to start my doing some independent learning before you arrive then seeing if you can find a local tutor that you can meet or do classes with.
@@Nicofilms ok, thank you!
Thanks, thanks for the tips and advice on living in Beijing. That’s very useful. Keep well, kind regards.👍
Glad it was helpful! Thanks a lot!
I live in Zhengzhou, I'm a teacher at a university so I don't pay rent. My apartment is in the contract. If I buy food at the local market it's quite cheap. I did buy some take out today: stir fry cauliflower, Kung Pao chicken, and dumplings: 110 yuan. But I can get four meals out of that, if I pair it with tomato salads.
I think rent is by far the biggest expense that is so lucky you get it paid for. If we were to only buy local food it would be much cheaper as Western food (and beers) really hike up the cost.
Great video. I spent a total of 13,500 last month with rent and everything. This is in Beijing with me having my own apartment that is about the same price as yours. I am very thrifty though and could certainly be considered a penny pincher (every penny counts! 😄). I also don’t live in the center of the city so food and such is prob a bit cheaper. It is very very easy for that number to go up with alcohol and western food and such. Keep making great videos 🙂
So total per week is around 3,375 yuan. So you are each spending less per person. I don’t cook at all though so that’s prob part of it. And not splitting rent. Oh well, I love it here and save enough to be quite content 😌
Sounds about right then. I think the rent is pretty pricy here and like you say if you have a meal out and some drinks that is easily about ¥500 for 2 people. I don't think we are very frugal but we also don't spend like crazy. If we didn't have to pay for my physio and we weren't learning Chinese then we would only really spend money on food. Me too! I can live a decent life and save where as I felt the whole of my 20's were spent scrimping so now I can live a better life. Thanks for sharing your spends I think it is really interesting when you really think about it all.
Fantastic.You’ve tried lots of traditional street food in Beijing. Hope you have a good experience in Beijing.
That is relatively high in comparison to live other cities, which makes a sense. In general, the total living cost shall not exceed 1/3 or 1/2 of your income. I will believe your both combined incomes has to be at least 2-3 times of the cost in this case.
The rent is a lot higher here than in other cities. When we lived in Nanjing we would pay about half that. Also food was cheaper and we didn't go out as much as the options weren't as good.
Hi Nico, thanks for all the videos about Beijing. Although I lived in Beijing for 6 years since 2001, I left there already for almost 14 years. This summer I am going to move back to Beijing and start to work in Sanyuanqiao area, if everything goes well, no large COVID outbreak again. I am wandering what is the WeChat housing group? How could I find such a descent place like what you have? all the apartments I am looking at are rather expensive.
You will not recognize Beijing when u go back. Of course, the housing price is much much higher😂 Nico said she spent 2000 per week, that means monthly rent is above 8000. You can find an ordinary one bedroom apartment at around 6000 in Sanyuanqiao area.
@@yudonghui oh, per week.. my fault. apparently I missed the word "per week"😭
@@manycxxx haha， maybe u could find a nice one bed room apartment at around 3000 monthly in BJ 15 years ago.
Great to hear you are moving back. Yes that area is quite popular now and so apartment prices are probably quite high. The group is more for hutongs and that area but I can give you my agent and he might know some people that work in Sanyuanqiao area and can add you to the group. His WeChat is jay57168.
waah i love your videos ! I really hope that China will open borders this summer because I have to go back to China for my studies in Beijing ....
have a nice day !
Thanks a lot I'm so happy you enjoy them! Good luck!
And my friends work in It in Beijing or Shenzhen they have similar salary as me but their life expense is only one third of me...
Your taxes are a lot higher probably.
Where do you live?
Nico you always have high quality videos.
Thank you very much!
Square Peg is such a nice name, can never get over it.
Thanks a lot I'm pleased you like it!
Living in Düsseldorf Germany, size 40sqm apartment in City center. rent-590euro, electricity bill& water-100 Euro, phone-8 Euro, Internet-19 Euro, food-500 Euro, transportation-50 Euro..so all together 1267 Euro för basic cost
which property agent did u find to help u get around to view some units ?
Damn my expenses were around 1200 a week, 2000 if i spent alot. That was in Xiamen too, not one of the cheapest cities. Now I see why the wages are higher in Beijing lol
2000 $?
@@manimalworks7424 nooo RMB lol
@@oliverpicken3320 that low? Even the rent alone can be 1200rmb I thought.
@@yaqiwang5242 I was paying 2500 a month for a nice studio 5 minutes from the beach in the south east of the main Island near the convention center, seemed like I got a good deal tbf. 1 and 2 bedroom flats in the building ran 3000-5000
@@oliverpicken3320 oh you’re sharing that part with your spouse hehe. Make sense now.
Beautiful scenery
Sounds like a dream 😍
My wife works in Beijing tik-tok and they have a great buffet for 3 meals each day.
Jealous! I heard they have afternoon tea and cake. I think I would gain so much weight haha
That’s actually very cheap, if you take away the optionals such as your tutor, physio and cleaner. That’s already saving about $215.
Yeah exactly there are certainly ways we could save more money and also we could spend a lot more.
I'm still studying in UK rn sixth form and this vid made my mind set living in China although I wasn't too sure now I am! All that's left is job, learn some Chinese and ofc most importantly get a wechat acc to pay for stuff lol
I’m pleased my videos are helping and inspiring you. Good luck on your journey!
I live in Changsha, 2300/RMB for a beautiful two-bedroom apartment on the 60th amazing view
Wow!! That is so cheap!
@@Nicofilms I'm Canadian, yes Beijing is AMAZING, it's the Toronto of China. There are amazing cities in China that are affordable and you can afford to save and travel. Chengdu, Chongqing to name two..
@@MrSky10101 we loved Chongqing and are still yet to visit Chengdu. I love living in Beijing though and my job is here but it is expensive.
I live in Luoyang, a 3 tier city in Henan province. In average I spend around 4000rmb per month on living. I use Didi a lot, order food every day and eat out with friends once a week.
Wow! That is so much cheaper how much is rent there?
@@Nicofilms Studio will start from 1200 rmb in a good community, 1 bedroom from 1600 rmb, 2 bedrooms from 2000 rmb. Personally I pay 1660 rmb (1500 pays my school) and live in one of the most expensive communities here.
@@martinkhachatryan2922 Wow that is amazing! That is so cheap we pay more than that a week. What a difference, I bet people will find that super helpful, thanks!
@@Nicofilms Take care in Beijing.
so nice video
Cool, I like your NIU bike!
Thanks!
living at Hong kong, the most expensive cost is the rental per month, my rental is HK$75,000(US$9,600)/month, and other costs are similar as BJ
That’s a big apartment and in expensive building.
@@atamo4323 actually it is not quite big, it’s a 150 square meters apartment at a good community
@@davidltm2048 that’s big in hong kong. Over 1000 sq ft is big. And rent per sq ft is higher for big unit. If it is for 2px like the channel owner, then it is a big expense.
Wow that is a lot on rent. Rent is the biggest thing but I think I spent a lot more daily in the UK apart from rent so it is still far cheaper here for me.
Amazing!!
Beijing is more expensive than Stockholm in Sweden. I have lived in both, be careful people. I thought China would be cheap before I moved there but I ended up spending 20k rmb/month just on rent/food/alcohol and I didn't own a car or buy any clothes, I think I lived pretty frugally compared to in Sweden......but I mostly cooked western food or ate western food in restaurants which is EXPENSIVE! I tried to eat Chinese food but didn't like it unfortunately.
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Hahaha I don't mind as long as you watched and enjoyed it!
@@Nicofilms I enjoyed but the video had too many numbers. My head gets confused.😵
@@hammadzafar8029 Haha well you need numbers to explain the expenses. People complained they couldn't figure out the ¥ last time so we had to put $ this time too.
Another informative video.👍 What happened to your knee? GWS.❤
live in Shanghai. 1 Bedroom rental 4000 yuan, Food and Groceries 1500 yuan, Utilities 400 yuan, Transportation 150 yuan
Is that a week or a month?
@@Nicofilms a month
@@amrfarag92 That is so cheap I thought rent would be much higher in Shanghai as well.
It's very expensive to live in the downtown but if you live one or two stations far from downtown the rental won't be so expensive.
Why you use the India VPN server at 0:30. Shouldn't the Japanese or Hongkong ones be faster?
Wow I thought Beijing rent was a lot more expensive, my rent in Shenzhen far from the city center is 3000, my total monthly expenses 5500 including insurance, no gym :(.
This is our weekly expenses, so our rent is ¥8500 a month.
I think its quite affordable.
I wonder if u watch other youtubers on ur spare time. there's this one channel called off the great wall. they started like in 2013 and they were big. they didn't make vids for like 3 years and now they're back. u probably heard of this channel before or not. But yea check out their latest clip, they talk about the point of the channel and how they started. they were very popular in the US and canada
I don't have much spare time haha but I do like to watch YT when I can so I will try and check them out! Thanks for the rec!
Our expenses are pretty similar in Beijing, only difference is that we dont pay rent😀
rent is biggest cost live in China.
You don't pay rent??!?!?!? Lucky you haha
@@Nicofilms we have 11k allowance from my wife's school for rent😀
@@don-ricodasilva5205 Wow!! That is a pretty sweet deal haha
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I saw in your e-bike, it comes with removable batteries? How far is the range and how much time does it take to fully charged?
Yes it is a 'Niu' bike. I used to charge it every other day but my battery is a few years old now so I charge it everyday to be on the safe side. I leave it over night so I don't know how long it takes. I'm sure their website will be able to give you more detailed specs and also the different battery sizes.
Thanks for the video! Really want to know how you found your place? Using apps or an agent? We are thinking of moving to China but are not sure how to look for a place from Canada.
There’s an app named wellcee that caters to foreigners living in China to find the apt
@@stanley408 thanks!
Hi! We used an agent on WeChat I would wait until you arrive before you look as places can go quite fast. We found out place in a day. I made a video about moving to China and it touches on a few things so maybe you will find that helpful :) ua-cam.com/video/uzRZtkYjnXs/v-deo.html
@@Nicofilms thanks, much appreciated.
你还在中国生活吗，看了你拍摄的每个视频，so cool
Happy NIU year.
wait, 40rmb each way on the subway? is he taking an express train over a long distance? also where is this low rent? I am seeing 7,000rmb for many places in the center of Beijing. Good work!
This is the breakdown for a week so its ¥4 x 10 trips to work so ¥40 for the week. The same with the rent it is priced at weekly not monthly. 🙂
@@Nicofilms Oh okay, thank you for the clarification!
So not super cheap, but love the transparency. What's your square meters in the apartment?
I think its because their life style.
No and I think the rent plays a big factor in this. If it wasn't for rent I don't think it is that bad. I'm not sure the size of it. We are going to do a house tour next so I will see if we can work it out for that.
Confused, you said monthly expenses, then week by week expenses. Even the sub title is monthly expenses. So, which is which?
This is what we spend in a week. There are monthly expenses which we pay like rent, utilities etc which we broke down to show you how much these costs are per week.
Hi Nico! Im going to Beijing next semester and was wondering if you could share the WeChat housing group with me.
Hey! Here is the WeChat for my housing agent he will be able to help you and add you to the group jay57168
how much would you spend a day as a tourist (food, attractions, taxi), excluding hotels?
That really depends on what you do that day and how expensive your tastes are. If you were to get a taxi across town, get a bowl of noodles and go to a museum it would be about ¥100 but if you wanted to eat at a more Western restaurant then the price would be a lot more.
Dear Nico, love your vidoe soooo much, fine cotting and editting, I know you spend a lot of effort on it but I dont know what happened to the click volumn. maybe you can cooperate with other vloggers and exchange fans
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Hold up, 40 rmb per trip on a subway? Isn't it 2 rmb? 40 seems like a lot especially if its only a one way trip. And omg western food cost 115 USD!?! Its higher than I expected
40 for a week....
@@VSean88 HA HA thanks. Good call lol
Im actually looking for a new apartment in Beijing currently. Is it possible to join the Beijing Apt Group chat from in the video?
I don't think you can from the video but my agent added me, if you are looking for a place you can add him and he can help his WeChat is jay57168.
@@Nicofilms Thank you so much!
How many sqft is your place?
I'm not sure but we are going to do a house tour next week so I will find out for that and add it to that video!
Can u plz sir give the details of living place name, etc
Nico, I like your Pronounceation.
Thanks! 😃
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How can I join a rental group chat like yours
My agent added me, if you are looking for a place you can add him and he can help his WeChat is jay57168.
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Hey nico how much are doctors and China
It depends which you go to. Local doctors are much cheaper but if you go to a foreign hospital it could be anything from ¥150-500 depending on who you need to see.
What are the price(buying) of housing there
Beijing.. 15min from center. ¥5 million for 90 square meters
it depends. generally, about 70 thousand for one squaremetter.
@@don-ricodasilva5205 😮😮. Very high. I guess most people will prefer renting. With no purpose of buying one 🏠!
@@yiskiwong7671 but are the ordinary people dreaming of buying house in Beijing. Or most of them buy outside the city!
You probably forgot to add in the cost of masks and hand sanitizers!
That's really cheap in China, a week you might need 7 masks, 1 yuan for each, total 7 yuan, sanitizer might 10 yuan for 1 bottle, that's 17 yuan only, cheap than a cup of coffee.
And if fact, I think her company will provide all these gears, same as my company does so.
That would come under groceries as Jack buys when grabbing things for the week but actually like @bosskey says my company provide me with free masks and hand sanitiser so I haven't had to pay for either in over a year.
compare to HK，Beijing is inexpensive
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mb my birth name is after beijin
haha. I like noodles too.
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Incredible, you just pay ¥2125 $240 monthly for your apartment😱😱😱，and you rent it in downtown (beijing er’huan area), is that true? Wow, how I envy you!😊😊
That’s weekly bro
This is weekly expenses so it is ¥8500 a month.
girl where did u found that cheap apartment
she said 2000 per week, that means the monthly rent is more than 8000
Yes my rent is ¥8500 a month.
Ah back when breakfast was 2-3 yuan...