Arlington vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	90	24
😀 Quality of life	77	44
🏙️ Population	394K	7.82M

The cost of living in Arlington is 211% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2476th and 7835th ($1856 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 183rd 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 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 1375th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$17107

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517