Milwaukee vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Milwaukee	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2088	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5072	$2040
🏠 One person rent	$1201	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$91.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3838	$801
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	81	18
😀 Quality of life	89	46
🏙️ Population	577K	6.49M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 205% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1786th and 7385th ($2088 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1421st and 80th 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 1.8 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Milwaukee ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 234th in China, while ranked 224th and 7068th 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	$16.8	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5.05	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1419	$279
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1521	$323
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$44.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$15.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.16%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2602	$5055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1709	$2527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.9	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$5.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.55	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.6	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$5.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$7.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$6.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$82.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1817	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24100	$25646

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1923
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1949
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1927
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1993
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1934
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2000
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1979
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$1993
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1990
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1930
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1746
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1996
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2058
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2065
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1946
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2039
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2097
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1950
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2344
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1771
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2382
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2389
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2443
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2364
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1825
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2407
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2434
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2418
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2162
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1813
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2249
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2428
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1796
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2555
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2418
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2410
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2559
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2453
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2400

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$596
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$617
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$628
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$435
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$646
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$603
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$611
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$686
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$689
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$542
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$696
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$615
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$551
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$640
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$672
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$652
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$661
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$774
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$717
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$653
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$587
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$618
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$684
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$899
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$679
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$612
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$667
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$592
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$670
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$677
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$671
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$632
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$687
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$680
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$658
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$691
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$673
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$610
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$628