Naples vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Naples	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1396	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3278	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$694	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$1182	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$434	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1270	$1644
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	100
😀 Quality of life	82	78
🏙️ Population	913K	24.9M

The cost of living in Naples is 27% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 3883rd and 4858th ($1396 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 43rd and 6th in Italy and China, respectively. Check Italy vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Naples compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Naples ranked 8th best city to live in Italy vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 465th and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Naples vs Shanghai

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	Naples	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.1	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.3	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$721	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$511	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1409	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$870	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5006	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2709	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.58	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.17	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.12	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.64	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.6	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.69	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.3	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.9	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.6	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5500	$30174

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Cities near Naples

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.4 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
12 km or 7.6 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
25 km or 15 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
27 km or 17 mi	Caserta	$1181
28 km or 17 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
28 km or 17 mi	Aversa	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Amalfi	$1521
46 km or 29 mi	Salerno	$1380
46 km or 29 mi	Avellino	$1061
55 km or 34 mi	Benevento	$1165
88 km or 55 mi	Campobasso	$955
98 km or 61 mi	Terracina	$1340
117 km or 72 mi	Frosinone	$1046
129 km or 80 mi	Foggia	$1161
132 km or 82 mi	Potenza	$1229
133 km or 83 mi	Latina	$1250
144 km or 90 mi	Colleferro	$1270
146 km or 91 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
150 km or 93 mi	Avezzano	$1058
152 km or 94 mi	Anzio	$1289
157 km or 98 mi	San Giovanni Rotondo	$1221
169 km or 105 mi	Chieti	$1294
170 km or 106 mi	Frascati	$1562
178 km or 111 mi	Andria	$1228
179 km or 111 mi	Barletta	$1070
181 km or 113 mi	Pescara	$1312
184 km or 114 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
188 km or 117 mi	Trani	$1301
189 km or 117 mi	Rome	$1718
191 km or 119 mi	Vatican City	$964
199 km or 124 mi	Matera	$1134
201 km or 125 mi	Molfetta	$1264
208 km or 129 mi	Teramo	$1171
210 km or 130 mi	Rieti	$1224
220 km or 137 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
222 km or 138 mi	Bari	$1337
232 km or 144 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
234 km or 145 mi	Terni	$1004
241 km or 150 mi	Cosenza	$1072
248 km or 154 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746