Atlanta vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Atlanta	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2540	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5770	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$1567	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$2549	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5608	$1905
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	100
😀 Quality of life	90	79
🏙️ Population	499K	24.9M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 124% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 714th and 4780th ($2540 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 641st 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 2.2 months in Atlanta compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Atlanta ranked 31st best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 140th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Shanghai

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	Atlanta	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.27	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1697	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1286	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2880	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2127	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3113	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2438	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.3	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.47	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.04	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.47	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.23	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.02	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.17	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.2	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.1	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1299	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27237	$31401

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2337
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2317
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2253
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2267
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2501
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2270
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2303
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2255
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2314
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2275
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2237
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2353
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2338
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2450
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2387
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2365
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$2044
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$2025
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2191
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2492
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1501
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1677
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2194
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2140
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2087
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2168
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2164
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2214
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2205
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1834
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1909
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2125
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1709
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1627
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1668
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1822
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1813
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1960
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$2041

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