Gold Coast vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$679
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	49	24
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	608K	7.82M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 197% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1120th and 6542nd ($2300 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 43rd in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 209th and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Shangqiu

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	Gold Coast	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$18304

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542