Addis Ababa vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Addis Ababa	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1180	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2653	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$710	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1338	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$207	$800
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	32	20
😀 Quality of life	39	41
🏙️ Population	5.7M	6.44M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 76% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 4540th and 7052nd ($1180 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 74th in Ethiopia and China, respectively. Check Ethiopia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Addis Ababa compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 7025th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Addis Ababa vs Shangrao infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/addis-ababa/shangrao.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Addis Ababa vs Shangrao infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/addis-ababa/shangrao" target="_blank">Addis Ababa vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Addis Ababa vs Shangrao

Prices for goods and services in Addis Ababa and Shangrao are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Addis Ababa	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.27	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.18	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.4	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$130	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.49%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2510	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1875	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.91	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.57	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.46	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.94	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.22	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.49	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.13	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.3	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3446	$31722

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$886
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$838
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$654
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$718
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$897
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$764
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$542
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$518
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$662
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$571
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$660
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$540
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$487
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$520
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$486
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$488
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$1006
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$482
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$507
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$496
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$503
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$860
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$496
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$506
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$706
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$486
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$481
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$513
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$546
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$877
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$888
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$594
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$541
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$908

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621