Abu Dhabi vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$643
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	52	24
😀 Quality of life	82	41
🏙️ Population	1.48M	7.82M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 161% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1938th and 6604th ($1936 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 53rd in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 369th and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Shangqiu

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	Abu Dhabi	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$14498

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2229
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1612
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1132
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$1841
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1191
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1872
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1810
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$787
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1164
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1285
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1327
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1126
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$798
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$959
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1005
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$890
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$868
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$910
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$604
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$573
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$606
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$646
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$621
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$604
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$606
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$779
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$544
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$457
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$672
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$561
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1642
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$541

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543