Islamabad vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$199	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$800
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	69	20
😀 Quality of life	49	41
🏙️ Population	1.01M	6.44M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 34% less expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 8870th and 7052nd ($442 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 6313th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Shangrao

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	Islamabad	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621