Islamabad vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$199	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$707
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	24
😀 Quality of life	49	38
🏙️ Population	1.01M	7.82M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 40% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 8870th and 6735th ($442 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 43rd in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 6313th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Shangqiu

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	Islamabad	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$17921

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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