Guadalajara vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guadalajara	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2706	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$529	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$919	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$739	$648
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	49	24
😀 Quality of life	63	44
🏙️ Population	1.46M	7.82M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 87% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 4902nd and 7835th ($1120 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 183rd in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Guadalajara ranked 4th best city to live in Mexico vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 5577th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Shangqiu

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	Guadalajara	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.6	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.44	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1245	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$757	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.7	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.3	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.86%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2697	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2377	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.58	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.55	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.26	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$220	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10889	$17107

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1162
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$913
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$749
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$815
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$717
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1030
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$832
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$858
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$861
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$901
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$860
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1108
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$753
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$896
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$894
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$615
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$846
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$873
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$764
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$803
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1184
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$943
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$687
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$926
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1166

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