Cologne vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$947	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$707
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	92	24
😀 Quality of life	96	38
🏙️ Population	1.09M	7.82M

The cost of living in Cologne is 137% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2551st and 6735th ($1744 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 43rd in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 12th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Shangqiu

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	Cologne	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$17921

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529