Atlanta vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Atlanta	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2570	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5742	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1586	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2465	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$690	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5431	$800
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	20
😀 Quality of life	90	41
🏙️ Population	499K	6.44M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 283% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 704th and 7052nd ($2570 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 650th and 74th 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 Atlanta compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Atlanta ranked 38th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 165th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Atlanta	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.39	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1651	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1325	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2827	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2730	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2292	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.7	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.67	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.13	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27299	$31722

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2339
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2331
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2277
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2284
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2441
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2268
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2285
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2254
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2302
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2319
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2235
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2282
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2166
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2390
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2208
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$1993
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2657
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1928
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2195
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2435
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1541
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2213
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2094
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2148
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2159
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2149
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2076
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2127
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1888
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1839
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2128
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1704
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1636
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1652
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1726
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1736
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1901
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1982

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621