Glasgow vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	94	24
😀 Quality of life	95	44
🏙️ Population	626K	7.82M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 244% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1833rd and 7835th ($2058 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 183rd in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 52nd and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Glasgow vs Shangqiu infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/glasgow/shangqiu.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Glasgow vs Shangqiu infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/glasgow/shangqiu" target="_blank">Glasgow vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Glasgow vs Shangqiu

Prices for goods and services in Glasgow and Shangqiu are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Glasgow	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$17107

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517