Indianapolis vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	20
😀 Quality of life	91	46
🏙️ Population	888K	6.44M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 267% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1089th and 7433rd ($2382 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 186th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620