Arlington vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$1657
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$688
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	90	17
😀 Quality of life	78	44
🏙️ Population	394K	7.82M

The cost of living in Arlington is 216% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2397th and 7914th ($1907 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 207th 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 334th in China, while ranked 894th and 7360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Shangqiu

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	Arlington	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$0.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$233
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$192
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$431
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$58.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$8.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$33.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$67.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$16802

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

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