Isfahan vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$211	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$707
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	66	24
😀 Quality of life	48	38
🏙️ Population	1.96M	7.82M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 29% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 8454th and 6735th ($523 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 43rd in Iran and China, respectively. Check Iran vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 6375th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Shangqiu

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	Isfahan	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$17921

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529