Bridgetown vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bridgetown	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3665	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$570	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1358	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$61	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1473	$1905
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	20	100
😀 Quality of life	64	79
🏙️ Population	110K	24.9M

The cost of living in Bridgetown is 20% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4197th and 4780th ($1360 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Barbados and China, respectively. Check Barbados vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bridgetown compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Bridgetown ranked 1st best city to live in Barbados vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 4355th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bridgetown vs Shanghai

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	Bridgetown	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.24	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1753	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1069	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.8	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3475	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3469	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.5	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.76	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.15	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.7	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.95	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.14	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.28	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.87	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$240	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6485	$31401

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Cities near Bridgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Holetown	$1390
161 km or 100 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
164 km or 102 mi	Georgetown	$1004
175 km or 109 mi	Kingstown	$981
180 km or 112 mi	Castries	$1159
230 km or 143 mi	Fort-de-France	$1665
244 km or 151 mi	Grenville	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Scarborough	$1101
259 km or 161 mi	St. George's	$1065
310 km or 193 mi	Roseau	$1003
337 km or 210 mi	San Juan	$1164
339 km or 211 mi	Portsmouth	$1138
340 km or 211 mi	Port of Spain	$1168
347 km or 216 mi	Chaguanas	$1070
372 km or 231 mi	San Fernando	$964
395 km or 245 mi	Basse-Terre	$1599
396 km or 246 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1593
404 km or 251 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1598
405 km or 251 mi	Le Moule	$1594
407 km or 253 mi	Les Abymes	$1582
411 km or 256 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1596
478 km or 297 mi	Carupano	$719
497 km or 309 mi	All Saints	$1081
507 km or 315 mi	St. John's	$1084
515 km or 320 mi	La Asuncion	$692
518 km or 322 mi	Porlamar	$684
522 km or 324 mi	Tucupita	$770
538 km or 335 mi	Maturin	$871
574 km or 357 mi	Basseterre	$1241
576 km or 358 mi	Cumana	$691
579 km or 360 mi	Cayon	$1242
622 km or 387 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$892
632 km or 393 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$771
641 km or 398 mi	Lecheria	$821
642 km or 399 mi	Upata	$785
643 km or 399 mi	Barcelona	$704
659 km or 410 mi	Philipsburg	$1926
667 km or 415 mi	Cantaura	$662
668 km or 415 mi	Anaco	$627
690 km or 429 mi	El Tigre	$731

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774