Al Ain vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$707
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	38	24
😀 Quality of life	75	38
🏙️ Population	767K	7.82M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 151% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2271st and 6735th ($1844 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 43rd 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 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 1000th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Shangqiu

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	Al Ain	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$17921

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1239
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2379
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1494
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2240
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$780
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$967
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1090
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1779
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1709
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$585
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$547
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$518
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1223
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1280
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$548
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1243
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$514
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$605
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$515
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$1068
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1056
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$897
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$589
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$901
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$464
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$563
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$551
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$546
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$557
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$829
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$809
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$529
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$573

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529