Canberra vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Canberra	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2604	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5825	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$1591	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$2539	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$722	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2863	$1455
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	30	100
😀 Quality of life	82	78
🏙️ Population	381K	24.9M

The cost of living in Canberra is 119% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 522nd and 4461st ($2604 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Canberra compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Canberra ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 367th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Shanghai

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	Canberra	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$32.8	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$136	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.67	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.84	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1634	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2762	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2099	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$238	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.3	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8209	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6798	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.11	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.51	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.4	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.1	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1861	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14837	$28143

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1723
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1430
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1610
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1463
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1691
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2348
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1903
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2741
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$1998
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1669
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1404
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1672
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1461
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1707
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1719
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1716
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1693
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1702
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1317
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2356
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1746
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1707
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1708
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1658
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$1688
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1327
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1354
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1462
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1819
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1723
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2203
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1552

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740