Suji-gu
- Population
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- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,183 a month in Suji-gu, rent included: 80% less than in New York. The average net salary is $1,082 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Suji-gu; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%58
- Safetycountry20%60
- Health carecountry15%67
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%48
- Connectivitycountry10%60
- Cost10%64
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Suji-gu | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $6.00 | $25.00 | β76% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $34.03 | $140 | β76% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $6.49 | $14.00 | β54% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $3.40 | $8.00 | β57% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.33 | $10.00 | β57% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.53 | $6.37 | β45% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.51 | $3.80 | β60% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.59 | $2.89 | β80% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $2.03 | $1.36 | +49% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $3.00 | $4.68 | β36% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.25 | $6.97 | β68% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.22 | $5.73 | β44% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $15.15 | $17.38 | β13% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $7.57 | $15.11 | β50% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $10.82 | $17.77 | β39% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $7.33 | $6.11 | +20% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $3.13 | $2.20 | +42% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $5.53 | $5.77 | β4% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $6.04 | $6.25 | β3% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $3.37 | $3.47 | β3% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.34 | $4.17 | β44% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.98 | $2.72 | β27% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.05 | $2.50 | β58% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $18.04 | $20.00 | β10% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.16 | $3.21 | β33% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.02 | $3.96 | β24% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $3.25 | $19.00 | β83% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | β | $3.00 | β |
| Monthly pass, regular price | β | $140 | β |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $3.46 | $3.00 | +15% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.60 | $2.18 | β72% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $8.66 | $42.00 | β79% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.33 | $1.10 | +21% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $28,402 | $35,458 | β20% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $27,280 | $25,309 | +8% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $34.43 | $73.50 | β53% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $19.33 | $71.93 | β73% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | β | $126 | β |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $10.82 | $23.00 | β53% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $300 | $3,366 | β91% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $17,301 | $60,589 | β71% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $55.94 | $72.80 | β23% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $31.68 | $53.22 | β40% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $67.65 | $118 | β43% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $79.69 | $125 | β36% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | β | $4,417 | β |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | β | $3,033 | β |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | β | $9,242 | β |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | β | $5,461 | β |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | β | $18,759 | β |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | β | $6,523 | β |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $1,082 | $5,178 | β79% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 4.08% | 6.49% | β2.4 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Fewer than three months of prices so far; the trend appears once there is enough history.
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses South Korea's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Suji-gu yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Suji-gu. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Suji-gu on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Suji-gu yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Suji-gu.
Internet
South Korea median; city not listed- Upload
- 190Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 6ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 251Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 25ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Suji-gu yet.
Cities like Suji-gu
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 1Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 1 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 80%5 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026