El Paso vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	El Paso	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1775	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4161	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$1006	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1821	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.4	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3710	$1905
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	100
😀 Quality of life	80	79
🏙️ Population	679K	24.9M

The cost of living in El Paso is 56% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2613th and 4780th ($1775 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1951st and 6th 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 2.1 months in El Paso compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. El Paso ranked 134th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 532nd and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Shanghai

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	El Paso	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.9	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.72	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$945	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$749	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1654	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1491	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1755	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.49	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.4	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.64	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.93	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.18	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.98	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.01	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.6	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$671	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7468	$31401

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$974
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1834
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1613
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1636
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$813
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1805
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1847
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$778
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1834
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$854
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1665
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2111
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$803
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2099
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2230
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$792
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1682
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1954
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$1986
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2026
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1629
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$786
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2040
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2016
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2067
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2052
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2618
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2176
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1715
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2003
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2324
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2313
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2338
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$854
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2398
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2372
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2414
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2352

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774