Changsha vs Dhaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Dhaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$1093
🏠 One person rent	$190	$118
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$238
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$80.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$274
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	72
😀 Quality of life	68	54
🏙️ Population	10M	16.8M

The cost of living in Changsha is 34% more expensive than in Dhaka. Cities ranked 7932nd and 8899th ($577 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th and 1st in China and Bangladesh, respectively. Check China vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 0.6 months in Dhaka. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Dhaka ranked 1st in Bangladesh, while ranked 3100th and 5971st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Changsha vs Dhaka infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/changsha/dhaka.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Changsha vs Dhaka infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/changsha/dhaka" target="_blank">Changsha vs Dhaka - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Changsha vs Dhaka

Prices for goods and services in Changsha and Dhaka are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Changsha	Dhaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$1.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$4.23
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$73.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$290
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$168
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	10.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$528
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$21.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$4.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$0.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$4.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$2.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$40.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$47.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$1681

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$309
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$295
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$367
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$287
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$264
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$303
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$289
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$280
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$294
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$351
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$328
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$304
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$337
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$327
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$347
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$329
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$337
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$307
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$330
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$478
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$338
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$336
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$345
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$333
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$327
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$331
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$332
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$404
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$296
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$408
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$350
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$314