Arlington vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	20
😀 Quality of life	77	46
🏙️ Population	394K	6.44M

The cost of living in Arlington is 186% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 2476th and 7433rd ($1856 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 1375th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Shangrao

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	Arlington	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620