Hamburg City vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	84	24
😀 Quality of life	94	39
🏙️ Population	1.91M	6.56M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 239% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 1818th and 7740th ($2007 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 40th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Shaoyang

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	Hamburg City	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$11393

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600