Monaco City vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Monaco City	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$6593	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10079	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$5638	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$6516	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$705	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.7	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6335	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	21	24
😀 Quality of life	63	39
🏙️ Population	38.4K	6.56M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 1014% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2nd and 7740th ($6593 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 263rd in Monaco and China, respectively. Check Monaco vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Monaco City compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 4590th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Shaoyang

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	Monaco City	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.1	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.06	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5775	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5319	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6181	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6198	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.9	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$79784	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$66886	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.92	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.56	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.3	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.1	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.49	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.9	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.6	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$151	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2055	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$41744	$11393

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1364
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1673
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1650
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1362
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1707
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1344
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1074
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1203
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1512
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1338
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1308
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1470
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1209
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1424
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1568
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1293
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1571
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1401
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1389
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1202
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1496
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1348
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1478
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1162
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1434
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1503
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1338
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1271
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1157
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1328
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1474
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1280
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1495
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1576
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1334
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1371
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1310
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1496

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600