Belgrade vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$622	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$707
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	51	24
😀 Quality of life	71	38
🏙️ Population	1.2M	7.82M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 58% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 4605th and 6735th ($1160 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Serbia and China, respectively. Check Serbia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 2157th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Shangqiu

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	Belgrade	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$17921

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529