Indianapolis vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	70	24
😀 Quality of life	91	44
🏙️ Population	888K	7.82M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 298% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1089th and 7835th ($2382 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 183rd in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 186th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$17107

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517