Abidjan vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Abidjan	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1253	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2935	$1869
🏠 One person rent	$569	$354
🏘️ Family rent	$945	$613
🍽️ Food expenses	$367	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$201	$68.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$178	$716
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	34	24
😀 Quality of life	39	41
🏙️ Population	5.62M	7.82M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 75% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 4628th and 7027th ($1253 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 46th in Ivory Coast and China, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Abidjan compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Shangqiu ranked 295th in China, while ranked 7397th and 7162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Shangqiu

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	Abidjan	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.6	$3.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.7	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.04
☕ Cappuccino	$1.89	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$568	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$358	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1026	$449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$629	$574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$53.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.8	$9.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.71%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2465	$3028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1463	$1880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$3.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.55	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.44	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.3	$1.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.5	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$3.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.9	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.81	$3.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81	$42.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.08	$5.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.1	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$67.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$298	$356
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3358	$17515

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1091
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$1092
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$1087
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$1115
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$1097
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1091
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$1114
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$602
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$1153
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$538
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$640
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$789
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$606
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$1126
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$442
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$623
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$710
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$502
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$501
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$568
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$892
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$1002
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$735
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$860
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$739
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$858
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$515
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$606
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$743
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$500
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$799
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$750
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$749
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$537
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$882
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$506

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$603
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1392
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$588
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$727
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$524
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$581
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$593
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$642
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$489
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$600
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$593
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$737
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$621
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$579
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$546
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$543
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$585
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$546
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$514
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$517
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$578
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$516
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$531
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$525
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$577
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$540
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$613
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$569
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$518
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$581
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$565
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$552
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$486
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$532