Addis Ababa vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Addis Ababa	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1180	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2653	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$710	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$1338	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$207	$602
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	32	71
😀 Quality of life	39	61
🏙️ Population	5.7M	10.6M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 145% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 4540th and 8748th ($1180 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 7025th and 5094th 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 Shijiazhuang 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/shijiazhuang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Addis Ababa vs Shijiazhuang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/addis-ababa/shijiazhuang" target="_blank">Addis Ababa vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Addis Ababa vs Shijiazhuang

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

	Addis Ababa	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.27	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$1.18	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.4	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$130	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.49%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2510	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1875	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.91	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.57	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.46	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.94	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.22	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.49	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.13	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.3	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3446	$4785

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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716