Belgrade vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$717	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$671
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	24
😀 Quality of life	74	45
🏙️ Population	1.2M	6.56M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 121% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4408th and 7790th ($1335 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 167th in Serbia and China, respectively. Check Serbia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 1.1 months in Shaoyang. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 2116th and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Belgrade	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$10279

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599