Kazan vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$375	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$1644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	100
😀 Quality of life	60	78
🏙️ Population	1.26M	24.9M

The cost of living in Kazan is 33% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6742nd and 4858th ($734 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 6th in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5162nd and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Shanghai

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	Kazan	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$30174

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746