Columbus vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$643
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	72	24
😀 Quality of life	87	41
🏙️ Population	906K	7.82M

The cost of living in Columbus is 196% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1282nd and 6604th ($2202 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 53rd in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 202nd and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Columbus	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$14498

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2107
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2030
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2125
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2046
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2124
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1805
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2032
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1985
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1935
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2010
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1905
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1787
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1900
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1767
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1642
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1747
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1761
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1823
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1787
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1798
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1844
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1791
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1721
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2055
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1919
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1803
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1587
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1857
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1486
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1886
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1768
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1844
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1819
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1491
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1659
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1861

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543