Belgrade vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$554
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$1693
🏠 One person rent	$717	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$334
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$63.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$733
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	85
😀 Quality of life	74	71
🏙️ Population	1.2M	9.07M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 141% more expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 4408th and 8245th ($1335 vs $554) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 341st 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 1.3 months in Shenyang. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Shenyang ranked 25th in China, while ranked 2116th and 3667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Shenyang

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	Belgrade	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$130
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$60.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	5.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$1970
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$2.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$6.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$20.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$74.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$24707

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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 Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$470
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$492
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$518
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$434
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$489
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$434
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$528
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$532
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$556
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$537
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$547
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$517
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$519
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$550
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$537
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$537
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$499
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$521
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$584
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$565
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1553
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$501