Dusseldorf vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dusseldorf	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1776	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4484	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$979	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$509	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3151	$1455
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	100
😀 Quality of life	94	78
🏙️ Population	619K	24.9M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 49% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2414th and 4461st ($1776 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 6th 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 Dusseldorf compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Dusseldorf ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 41st and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Shanghai

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	Dusseldorf	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.61	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.97	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$900	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$731	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7136	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6071	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.37	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.18	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.97	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.5	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.89	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.26	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.54	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.4	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.3	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$937	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$28143

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1476
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1470
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1493
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1471
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1501
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1432
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1547
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1420
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1575
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1458
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1412
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1562
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1320
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1454
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1369
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1488
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1556
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1370
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1387
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1395
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1511
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1402
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1476
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1551
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1778
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1426
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1384
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1417
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1409
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1124
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1397
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1276
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1484
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1519
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1505
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1388
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1267
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1405
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1389
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1752

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740