Bristol vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bristol	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2450	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5926	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1538	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2689	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3490	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	91	24
😀 Quality of life	89	44
🏙️ Population	472K	7.82M

The cost of living in Bristol is 310% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 941st and 7835th ($2450 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 183rd in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Bristol ranked 43rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 264th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Shangqiu

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	Bristol	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.1	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1579	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2856	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2213	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$306	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.9%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7139	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6269	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.2	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.96	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.6	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.5	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2145	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24413	$17107

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2166
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2350
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1838
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1932
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1937
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1968
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1900
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1942
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1744
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1885
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$2004
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1971
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$2080
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$2126
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1696
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1812
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1806
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2401
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$2022
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$2088
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$2099
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1764
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2495
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$2097
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2116
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2139
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1946
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1716
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$2042
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1963
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1795
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1802
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2346
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1951

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517