Adelaide vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$1657
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$688
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	50	17
😀 Quality of life	93	44
🏙️ Population	1.39M	7.82M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 288% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1210th and 7914th ($2338 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 207th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Shangqiu ranked 334th in China, while ranked 73rd and 7360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Shangqiu

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	Adelaide	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$2.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$0.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$233
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$192
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$431
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$58.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$8.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$2751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$1731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$4.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$33.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$67.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$16802

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$581
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$803
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$581
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$569
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$483
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$558
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$598
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$556
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$548
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$514
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$592
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$583
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$601
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$491
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$509
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$518
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$543
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$498
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$489
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$531
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$520
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$506
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$516
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$516
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$576
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$492
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$596
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$550
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$505
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$519
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$548
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$518