Belgrade vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$622	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	51	24
😀 Quality of life	71	39
🏙️ Population	1.2M	6.56M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 96% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4605th and 7740th ($1160 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 2157th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Belgrade	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600