Manchester vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$679
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	91	24
😀 Quality of life	92	38
🏙️ Population	548K	7.82M

The cost of living in Manchester is 176% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1500th and 6542nd ($2137 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 43rd 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 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 76th and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Shangqiu

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	Manchester	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$3.17
🥤 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	$1425	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$18304

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761

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