🇨🇳 Prices in China
51 products are priced in China. Not every basket product is priced here, so China is left out of the basket ranking. The median product costs 6% less here than its world median.
Ten products, one month
The same six everyday subscriptions in every country that prices all of them, so one country can be set against another without picking a favourite.
- Apple Music ¥12 $1.79
- Netflixnot priced here
- Spotifynot priced here
- YouTubenot priced here
- Disney+not priced here
- Google Onenot priced here
Where China is cheap, and where it is not
The 20 products furthest from their world median here, cheapest first. The flag is China, the faint dots every other country.
Everything priced in China
One figure per product, in the local currency and in dollars, with what it takes from a month of local income.
| Product | Price here | vs world median | Rank | Income share |
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| CapCutApp | $3.72 ¥25 | −79% | #1 of 16 | 0.15% |
| Apple Music | $1.79 ¥12 | −73% | #3 of 44 | 0.07% |
| CanvaApp | $4.47 ¥30 | −52% | #3 of 18 | 0.18% |
| Subnautica 2 | $16.08 ¥108 | −44% | #1 of 52 | — |
| DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH | $44.38 ¥298 | −42% | #1 of 49 | — |
| Stardew Valley | $7.15 ¥48 | −39% | #15 of 52 | — |
| Forza Horizon 6 | $44.38 ¥298 | −37% | #1 of 50 | — |
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | $39.91 ¥268 | −33% | #4 of 51 | — |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | $41.55 ¥279 | −31% | #1 of 51 | — |
| Rust | $20.55 ¥138 | −29% | #14 of 52 | — |
| KimiApp | $14.74 ¥99 | −28% | #1 of 18 | 0.61% |
| ELDEN RING | $44.38 ¥298 | −26% | #11 of 52 | — |
| Palworld | $16.08 ¥108 | −25% | #16 of 52 | — |
| Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | $36.94 ¥248 | −25% | #15 of 52 | — |
| Dead by Daylight | $13.96 ¥93.75 | −23% | #12 of 51 | — |
| MECCHA CHAMELEON | $3.87 ¥26 | −23% | #9 of 52 | — |
| Resident Evil Requiem | $51.83 ¥348 | −22% | #6 of 50 | — |
| Hollow Knight: Silksong | $11.32 ¥76 | −22% | #18 of 52 | — |
| Terraria | $6.26 ¥42 | −21% | #17 of 52 | — |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | $44.38 ¥298 | −21% | #17 of 52 | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | $44.38 ¥298 | −20% | #12 of 51 | — |
| iCloud+ | $0.89 ¥6 | −11% | #4 of 18 | 0.04% |
| Genshin ImpactApp | $29.49 ¥198 | −8% | #4 of 17 | — |
| AirPods Max 2 | $596 ¥3,999 | −8% | #9 of 23 | — |
| Apple Watch Series 11 | $447 ¥2,999 | −7% | #8 of 22 | — |
| iPhone 17 | $1,013 ¥6,799 | −6% | #5 of 23 | — |
| Apple Watch Series 12 | $447 ¥2,999 | −5% | #9 of 23 | — |
| MacBook Air 13" (M5) | $1,489 ¥9,999 | −4% | #9 of 23 | — |
| iPhone Air | $1,310 ¥8,799 | −4% | #8 of 23 | — |
| AirPods 5 | $149 ¥999 | −4% | #8 of 23 | — |
| Mac mini (M6) | $1,042 ¥6,999 | −4% | #11 of 23 | — |
| Honkai: Star RailApp | $29.49 ¥198 | −3% | #6 of 18 | — |
| iPhone Duo | $2,383 ¥15,999 | −3% | #8 of 23 | — |
| MacBook Pro 14" (M5) | $2,383 ¥15,999 | −3% | #11 of 23 | — |
| GLM | $17.57 ¥118 | −2% | #1 of 16 | 0.72% |
| Zenless Zone ZeroApp | $29.49 ¥198 | −2% | #5 of 17 | — |
| God of War Ragnarök | $59.28 ¥398 | −1% | #22 of 50 | — |
| MacBook Neo 13" (A18 Pro) | $819 ¥5,499 | −1% | #11 of 23 | — |
| Mac Studio (M5 Max) | $2,978 ¥19,999 | −1% | #10 of 23 | — |
| Apple Watch Ultra 3 | $968 ¥6,499 | 0% | #11 of 22 | — |
| iPad Air 11" (M4) | $893 ¥5,999 | 0% | #10 of 23 | — |
| iPhone 18 Pro Max | $1,638 ¥10,999 | 0% | #11 of 23 | — |
| Apple Watch Ultra 4 | $968 ¥6,499 | 0% | #12 of 23 | — |
| iPhone 18 Pro | $1,489 ¥9,999 | 0% | #12 of 23 | — |
| NotionApp | $13.11 ¥88 | 0% | #9 of 17 | 0.54% |
| AirPods Pro 3 | $283 ¥1,899 | +1% | #16 of 23 | — |
| iPad (A16) | $566 ¥3,799 | +1% | #15 of 23 | — |
| Apple Watch SE 3 | $298 ¥1,999 | +3% | #13 of 23 | — |
| AirTag | $37.08 ¥249 | +5% | #14 of 23 | — |
| iPad Pro 11" (M5) | $1,608 ¥10,799 | +10% | #21 of 23 | — |
| Apple Vision Pro (M5) | $4,766 ¥31,999 | +13% | #12 of 12 | — |
App marks a price paid in the iPhone app (App Store), which is often higher than the vendor's own website; every other price is the vendor's website or its own store. Each product is compared country to country in one channel only.
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Products here sit 6% below their world median.
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Which kinds of product are dear here
Categories ranked by how this market sits against each product’s world median.
What has changed in China
Every move we hold for this market, with the date the source published it.
What is cheap in China?
CapCut (−79% against its world median), Apple Music (−73% against its world median), Canva (−52% against its world median), Subnautica 2 (−44% against its world median), DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH (−42% against its world median).
What is expensive in China?
Apple Vision Pro (M5) (+13%), iPad Pro 11" (M5) (+10%), AirTag (+5%), Apple Watch SE 3 (+3%), iPad (A16) (+1%).
Are these prices in CNY?
Yes — the local figure under each dollar price is the vendor's or storefront's own listing in CNY. The dollar figure is our conversion at the exchange rates of 2026-10-06, the same rates for every country.
How do these prices compare with local incomes?
GNI per capita, PPP, in China is $29,160 (World Bank, 2025), so one month is about $2430. The standard basket takes 0.1% of that.
Local prices in CNY. Last read 2026-10-06. One figure per product and plan, chosen by the rule on the methodology page.