Baltimore vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baltimore	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5331	$1354
🏠 One person rent	$1411	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$2342	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$183
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3970	$608
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	97	70
😀 Quality of life	92	65
🏙️ Population	586K	10.6M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 360% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 1219th and 8645th ($2323 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1063rd and 489th 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 1.7 months in Baltimore compared to 1.2 months in Shijiazhuang. Baltimore ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Shijiazhuang ranked 42nd in China, while ranked 128th and 5294th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Baltimore vs Shijiazhuang infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/baltimore/shijiazhuang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Baltimore vs Shijiazhuang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/baltimore/shijiazhuang" target="_blank">Baltimore vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Baltimore vs Shijiazhuang

Prices for goods and services in Baltimore and Shijiazhuang are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Baltimore	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$1.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1652	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1117	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2831	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$84.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73	$6.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2256	$2373
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1977	$1658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$85.2	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.66	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.7	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.71	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.3	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$122	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$4.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.4	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1287	$389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19353	$4870

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2450
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2338
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$3069
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2494
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2824
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2940
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2699
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2495
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2563
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2612
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2710
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2522
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3328
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$3054
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2601
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2919
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2255
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2339
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2697
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2355
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2509
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2773
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1949
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2791
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2755
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2288
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2121
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3275
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2050
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2506
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2256
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2693
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$1935
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2066

Cities near Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$527
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$535
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$527
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$523
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$574
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$548
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$505
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$550
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$572
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$499
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$454
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$456
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$544
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$543
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$565
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$552
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$553
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$538
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$480
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$495
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$546
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$564
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$634
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$502
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$638
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$516
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$534
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$654
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$580
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$689
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$619
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$748
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$707