Leipzig vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leipzig	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1516	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3783	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$764	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1542	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2738	$707
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	72	24
😀 Quality of life	92	38
🏙️ Population	620K	7.82M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 106% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 3353rd and 6735th ($1516 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 271st and 43rd in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Leipzig ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 87th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Shangqiu

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	Leipzig	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.42	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$687	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3984	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2535	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.2	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.1	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9452	$17921

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307

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