Johannesburg vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$487	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$679
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	72	24
😀 Quality of life	58	38
🏙️ Population	4.43M	7.82M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 39% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 5069th and 6542nd ($1079 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 43rd in South Africa and China, respectively. Check South Africa vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 5446th and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Shangqiu

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	Johannesburg	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$18304

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$997
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$874
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$971
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$822
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$696
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$838
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$909
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$717
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$848
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$943
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$819
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$841
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$774
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$809
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$692
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$718
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$690
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$623
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$791
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$654
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$459
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$627
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$663
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$581
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$554
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$859
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$1003
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$600
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1116
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$834
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$585
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542