Manchester vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$643
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	91	24
😀 Quality of life	91	41
🏙️ Population	548K	7.82M

The cost of living in Manchester is 169% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1798th and 6604th ($1998 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 53rd 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 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 110th and 7053rd 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	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$14498

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543