Dubai vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$707
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	65	24
😀 Quality of life	87	38
🏙️ Population	3.33M	7.82M

The cost of living in Dubai is 223% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 989th and 6735th ($2379 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 288th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Shangqiu

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	Dubai	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$17921

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536

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