Medellin vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Medellin	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$867	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2196	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$387	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$412	$643
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	67	24
😀 Quality of life	54	41
🏙️ Population	2.53M	7.82M

The cost of living in Medellin is 17% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6140th and 6604th ($867 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 53rd in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 5994th and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Shangqiu

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	Medellin	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.65	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.9	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.44	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$819	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$629	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1728	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.5	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.3	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.37	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.1	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.3	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$217	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6416	$14498

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$812
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$778
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$727
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$649
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$639
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$639
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$567
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$551
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$525
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$433
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$645
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$416
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$724
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$624
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$883
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$493
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$511
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$633
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$617
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$649
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$612
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$597
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$552
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$648
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$530
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$720
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$612
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$536
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$582
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$594
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$507
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$708
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$595
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$593
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$589
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$592
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$455
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$617

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