Hamilton vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamilton	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2244	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4752	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$1423	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3156	$643
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	73	24
😀 Quality of life	89	41
🏙️ Population	569K	7.82M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 202% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1178th and 6604th ($2244 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 53rd in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hamilton compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Hamilton ranked 11th best city to live in Canada vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 143rd and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs Shangqiu

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	Hamilton	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.8	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1295	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1240	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2062	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.88%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16988	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.37	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.7	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.9	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.4	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.9	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.3	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1101	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21895	$14498

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2293
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2192
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1949
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2125
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2600
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$2114
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$2218
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$2128
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$2032
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2084
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$2217
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1734
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2576
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1862
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2390
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$2073
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2622
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$1821
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1879
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2358
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1816
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2194
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2072
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2082
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2578
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$1915
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2156
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2127
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2085
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2097
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2074
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2031
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1598
116 km or 72 mi	London	$2067
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1529
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1408
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2048
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$2004
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1738

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543