Changsha vs Zaragoza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Zaragoza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$1101
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$2539
🏠 One person rent	$190	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$671
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$1637
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	27
😀 Quality of life	68	59
🏙️ Population	10M	687K

The cost of living in Changsha is 48% less expensive than in Zaragoza. Cities ranked 7932nd and 4828th ($577 vs $1101) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th and 120th in China and Spain, respectively. Check China vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 1.5 months in Zaragoza. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Zaragoza ranked 99th in Spain, while ranked 3100th and 5447th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Changsha vs Zaragoza

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

	Changsha	Zaragoza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$519
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$56.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$86.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$4315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$5.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$92.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$474
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$7261

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Zaragoza

Distance	City	Cost of living
67 km or 42 mi	Huesca	$1071
76 km or 47 mi	Tudela	$1241
126 km or 78 mi	Lleida	$1235
144 km or 90 mi	Pamplona	$1422
158 km or 98 mi	Logrono	$983
174 km or 108 mi	Vinaros	$1275
187 km or 116 mi	Tarragona	$1217
188 km or 117 mi	Pau	$1296
193 km or 120 mi	Tarbes	$1369
199 km or 123 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
200 km or 124 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
201 km or 125 mi	Villarreal	$1131
202 km or 125 mi	Irun	$1453
203 km or 126 mi	Errenteria	$1461
205 km or 127 mi	Cuenca	$1084
206 km or 128 mi	San Sebastian	$1477
207 km or 128 mi	Borriana	$1150
211 km or 131 mi	Zarautz	$1438
211 km or 131 mi	Biarritz	$1562
215 km or 133 mi	Eibar	$1365
218 km or 136 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
222 km or 138 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
223 km or 138 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
223 km or 139 mi	Ordino	$1592
225 km or 140 mi	Manresa	$1089
225 km or 140 mi	Sagunto	$1220
241 km or 149 mi	Terrassa	$1361
241 km or 150 mi	Requena	$1261
243 km or 151 mi	Rubi	$1393
244 km or 152 mi	Burgos	$1107
245 km or 152 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
246 km or 153 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
247 km or 153 mi	Valencia	$1522
247 km or 153 mi	Bilbao	$1455
248 km or 154 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
249 km or 155 mi	Sabadell	$1431
250 km or 156 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
254 km or 158 mi	Ripollet	$1454
255 km or 159 mi	Portugalete	$1385
256 km or 159 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387