New York City vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$800
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	20
😀 Quality of life	95	41
🏙️ Population	8.8M	6.44M

The cost of living in New York City is 562% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 3rd and 7052nd ($4441 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.2 months in New York City compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 22nd and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Shangrao

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	New York City	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29.7	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$31722

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

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