Milwaukee vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$800
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	20
😀 Quality of life	88	41
🏙️ Population	577K	6.44M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 206% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1702nd and 7052nd ($2054 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th and 74th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 240th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Shangrao

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	Milwaukee	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$31722

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621