Arlington vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Arlington	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4760	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$1103	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$2064	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$531	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.4	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4278	$1905
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	100
😀 Quality of life	74	79
🏙️ Population	394K	24.9M

The cost of living in Arlington is 65% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2251st and 4780th ($1869 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1793rd and 6th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Arlington compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Arlington ranked 339th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 1283rd and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Shanghai

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	Arlington	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.6	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.36	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.13	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1268	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1869	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.72%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2211	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2177	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.24	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.33	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.27	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.81	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21580	$31401

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2299
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2100
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2096
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2085
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2105
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1887
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2103
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2195
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2159
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2127
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2022
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2158
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2103
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2111
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2175
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2189
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2125
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2122
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2550
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2118
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2188
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2243
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2236
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2102
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2145
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2150
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2282
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2336
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2196
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2061
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2506
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2284
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2602

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774