Gold Coast vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	49	24
😀 Quality of life	89	44
🏙️ Population	608K	7.82M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 284% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1270th and 7835th ($2297 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 183rd in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 255th and 7180th 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	$18	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$17107

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2065
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1662
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1798
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1710
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1503
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1839
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1747
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2181
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1888
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1599
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2640
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2292
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1568
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1364
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1580
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1678
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2019
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1667
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1683
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1771
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1706
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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