Hamburg City vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamburg City	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2172	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5195	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$1961	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$611	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$270	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3668	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	84	100
😀 Quality of life	95	77
🏙️ Population	1.91M	24.9M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 93% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 1536th and 4879th ($2172 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 5th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 41st and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Shanghai

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	Hamburg City	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.1	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.78	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2245	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1554	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.3	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9266	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6228	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.19	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.9	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.99	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.7	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.6	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27074	$27624

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1633
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1624
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1602
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1649
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1559
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1611
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1558
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1635
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1588
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1610
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1666
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1537
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1566
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1743
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1601
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1572
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1585
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1640
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1589
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1527
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1678
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1488
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1589
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1579
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1527
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1543
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1796
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1785
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1515
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1536
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1564
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1421
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1591
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1623
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1429

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