Gujranwala vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gujranwala	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$302	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$729	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$98	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$152	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$124	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.6	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$131	$931
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	30	77
🏙️ Population	2.03M	24.9M

The cost of living in Gujranwala is 73% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 9199th and 4879th ($302 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 5th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Gujranwala compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Gujranwala ranked 10th best city to live in Pakistan vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 8772nd and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gujranwala vs Shanghai

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	Gujranwala	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.3	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$1.04	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$53.7	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$34.9	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.4	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$60	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.1	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.6	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.3	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.92%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$761	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.71	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.72	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.94	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.62	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.02	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.94	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.32	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.5	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.44	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$5.97	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.83	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.71	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.1	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.2	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$16.7	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$843	$27624

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Cities near Gujranwala

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Kamoke	$316
48 km or 30 mi	Hafizabad	$363
48 km or 30 mi	Gujrat	$320
51 km or 32 mi	Sialkot	$311
52 km or 32 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
68 km or 43 mi	Lahore	$427
80 km or 50 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
86 km or 54 mi	Amritsar	$380
90 km or 56 mi	Jammu	$284
117 km or 72 mi	Mirpur	$277
123 km or 76 mi	Chiniot	$372
132 km or 82 mi	Faisalabad	$333
139 km or 86 mi	Pathankot	$350
143 km or 89 mi	Sargodha	$376
149 km or 93 mi	Sahiwal	$303
161 km or 100 mi	Jalandhar	$337
164 km or 102 mi	Okara	$291
180 km or 112 mi	Gojra	$351
192 km or 119 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
202 km or 125 mi	Jhang	$294
203 km or 126 mi	Islamabad	$443
210 km or 130 mi	Ludhiana	$421
223 km or 139 mi	Srinagar	$340
228 km or 142 mi	Baramulla	$265
230 km or 143 mi	Wah	$344
264 km or 164 mi	Burewala	$347
292 km or 181 mi	Patiala	$357
293 km or 182 mi	Chandigarh	$373
297 km or 184 mi	Khanewal	$362
302 km or 188 mi	Kohat	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mardan	$354
306 km or 190 mi	Shimla	$270
324 km or 201 mi	Peshawar	$334
337 km or 209 mi	Mingora	$351
341 km or 212 mi	Multan	$403
365 km or 227 mi	Hisar	$262
389 km or 242 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
402 km or 250 mi	Saharanpur	$285
411 km or 255 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwani	$330

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753