Bangui vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$225	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$931
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	8	77
🏙️ Population	889K	24.9M

The cost of living in Bangui is 53% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 8489th and 4879th ($526 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in the Central African Republic and China, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 9279th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Shanghai

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	Bangui	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$27624

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$808
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$494
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$496
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$836
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$858
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$506
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$505
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$671
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$621
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$596
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$536
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$957
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$644
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$793
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$543
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$698
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1363
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$849
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1241
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$879
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$618
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$595
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$665
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$755
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$928
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$538
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$1413
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$508
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$505
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$555
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$536
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$960
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$708
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$520
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$536
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$397
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753