Glasgow vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	20
😀 Quality of life	95	46
🏙️ Population	626K	6.44M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 217% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1833rd and 7433rd ($2058 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 52nd and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Shangrao

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	Glasgow	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620