Liverpool vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Liverpool	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1937	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4778	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1057	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$1802	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3068	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	85	24
😀 Quality of life	91	44
🏙️ Population	513K	7.82M

The cost of living in Liverpool is 224% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2203rd and 7835th ($1937 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 132nd and 183rd in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Liverpool compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Liverpool ranked 30th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 190th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Liverpool vs Shangqiu

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	Liverpool	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.2	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.9	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.66	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.63	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.3	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1131	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2021	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.4	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3531	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2577	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.68	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.9	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.88	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.2	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.91	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.7	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.8	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.6	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.4	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1594	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16116	$17107

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Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1832
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1655
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1834
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1804
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1815
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1680
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1873
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1883
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$2023
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1813
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1712
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1828
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$2040
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1682
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$2001
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1759
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1578
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1921
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1788
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1698
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1513
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1839
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1840
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1783

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517