Ljubljana vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ljubljana	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1468	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3437	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$859	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$1506	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.4	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1669	$1644
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	100
😀 Quality of life	79	78
🏙️ Population	284K	24.9M

The cost of living in Ljubljana is 34% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 3558th and 4858th ($1468 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Slovenia and China, respectively. Check Slovenia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ljubljana compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Ljubljana ranked 1st best city to live in Slovenia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 615th and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ljubljana vs Shanghai infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ljubljana/shanghai.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ljubljana vs Shanghai infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ljubljana/shanghai" target="_blank">Ljubljana vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ljubljana vs Shanghai

Prices for goods and services in Ljubljana and Shanghai are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ljubljana	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.19	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$643	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1572	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1151	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.2	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5385	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4113	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.54	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.46	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.32	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.36	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.7	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.88	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.4	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12510	$30174

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Ljubljana

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Kranj	$1261
57 km or 36 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
58 km or 36 mi	Velenje	$1157
61 km or 38 mi	Celje	$1116
65 km or 40 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
68 km or 42 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
70 km or 44 mi	Gorizia	$1223
72 km or 45 mi	Trieste	$1421
80 km or 50 mi	Rijeka	$1152
82 km or 51 mi	Villach	$1582
87 km or 54 mi	Izola	$1263
91 km or 57 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
94 km or 58 mi	Piran	$1247
99 km or 62 mi	Udine	$1307
102 km or 63 mi	Karlovac	$912
102 km or 64 mi	Maribor	$1082
114 km or 71 mi	Zagreb	$1253
126 km or 78 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
133 km or 83 mi	Graz	$1594
142 km or 88 mi	Pula	$941
143 km or 89 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
144 km or 89 mi	Pordenone	$1272
155 km or 96 mi	Leoben	$1263
158 km or 98 mi	San Dona di Piave	$1403
165 km or 103 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
173 km or 107 mi	Bihac	$556
178 km or 110 mi	Belluno	$1284
180 km or 112 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
181 km or 113 mi	Treviso	$1502
183 km or 113 mi	Venice	$1522
187 km or 116 mi	Mestre	$1450
196 km or 122 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
197 km or 122 mi	Mirano	$1375
199 km or 124 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
208 km or 129 mi	Szombathely	$701
208 km or 130 mi	Prijedor	$659
210 km or 131 mi	Hallein	$1692
217 km or 135 mi	Padua	$1581
220 km or 137 mi	Sanski Most	$558
222 km or 138 mi	Zadar	$1122

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