Hyderabad, Pakistan vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hyderabad	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$382	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$896	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$165	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$268	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$129	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$33.7	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$119	$931
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	93 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	100
😀 Quality of life	46	77
🏙️ Population	1.73M	24.9M

The cost of living in Hyderabad, Pakistan is 66% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 9010th and 4879th ($382 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 5th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Hyderabad, Pakistan compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Hyderabad, Pakistan ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 7023rd and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hyderabad, Pakistan vs Shanghai

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	Hyderabad	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.77	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.6	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$0.92	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$119	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$67.3	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$219	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$123	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.3	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.95%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$573	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$189	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.81	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.08	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.83	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.25	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.18	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.77	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.72	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.75	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.51	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.8	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.53	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.5	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.3	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.1	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1102	$27624

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Cities near Hyderabad, Pakistan

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
96 km or 60 mi	Nawabshah	$324
148 km or 92 mi	Karachi	$430
243 km or 151 mi	Larkana	$336
263 km or 163 mi	Sukkur	$340
271 km or 168 mi	Bhuj	$290
322 km or 200 mi	Jacobabad	$322
423 km or 263 mi	Rajkot	$324
434 km or 270 mi	Porbandar	$330
453 km or 282 mi	Mehsana	$382
482 km or 299 mi	Jodhpur	$322
499 km or 310 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
499 km or 310 mi	Pali	$305
501 km or 311 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
543 km or 337 mi	Udaipur	$315
546 km or 339 mi	Nadiad	$375
552 km or 343 mi	Quetta	$291
553 km or 344 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
556 km or 345 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
565 km or 351 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
572 km or 356 mi	Bikaner	$290
599 km or 372 mi	Vadodara	$374
607 km or 377 mi	Godhra	$366
614 km or 382 mi	Multan	$403
629 km or 391 mi	Bhilwara	$328
639 km or 397 mi	Ajmer	$274
650 km or 404 mi	Khanewal	$362
653 km or 406 mi	Surat	$705
678 km or 421 mi	Navsari	$278
679 km or 422 mi	Burewala	$347
716 km or 445 mi	Ratlam	$303
718 km or 446 mi	Sikar	$335
740 km or 460 mi	Kandahar	$436
750 km or 466 mi	Kota	$333
760 km or 472 mi	Jhang	$294
768 km or 477 mi	Jaipur	$387
768 km or 477 mi	Gojra	$351
778 km or 484 mi	Chabahar	$573
783 km or 487 mi	Okara	$291
790 km or 491 mi	Ujjain	$264

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