Hamburg City vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	84	96
😀 Quality of life	94	80
🏙️ Population	1.91M	17.7M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 119% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1818th and 5950th ($2007 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 40th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Shenzhen

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	Hamburg City	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609