Oakland vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Oakland	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3123	$577
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8266	$1601
🏠 One person rent	$1974	$212
🏘️ Family rent	$4255	$402
🍽️ Food expenses	$783	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$75
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5741	$720
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	97	24
😀 Quality of life	93	43
🏙️ Population	441K	6.56M

The cost of living in Oakland is 441% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 85th and 7871st ($3123 vs $577) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 396th 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 Oakland compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Oakland ranked 8th best city to live in the United States vs Shaoyang ranked 236th in China, while ranked 61st and 6810th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Oakland vs Shaoyang infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/oakland/shaoyang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Oakland vs Shaoyang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/oakland/shaoyang" target="_blank">Oakland vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Oakland vs Shaoyang

Prices for goods and services in Oakland and Shaoyang are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Oakland	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$30	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$17.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.3	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.03	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2159	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1715	$150
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5202	$637
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3736	$269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$28.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$44.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.6%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7041	$3499
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7002	$3103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$21.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.6	$3.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.49	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$3.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.94	$5.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.96	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$28.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$180	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$5.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.1	$56.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$65.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2755	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19305	$11076

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Oakland

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.5 mi	Alameda	$3358
8 km or 5 mi	Berkeley	$3127
11 km or 6.5 mi	Albany	$2965
12 km or 7.3 mi	San Leandro	$2969
14 km or 8.7 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
15 km or 9.2 mi	San Francisco	$3729
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lafayette	$2840
17 km or 11 mi	San Lorenzo	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Richmond	$3042
19 km or 12 mi	Castro Valley	$2881
20 km or 12 mi	San Pablo	$3046
20 km or 12 mi	Walnut Creek	$2876
21 km or 13 mi	Hayward	$2660
22 km or 14 mi	Danville	$2929
22 km or 14 mi	South San Francisco	$3130
23 km or 14 mi	Daly	$3133
24 km or 15 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2782
24 km or 15 mi	San Ramon	$2860
24 km or 15 mi	Hercules	$2968
25 km or 15 mi	San Bruno	$3147
26 km or 16 mi	Millbrae	$3163
26 km or 16 mi	Burlingame	$3219
26 km or 16 mi	Martinez	$2697
28 km or 17 mi	Concord	$2947
28 km or 17 mi	Foster	$3518
28 km or 17 mi	San Mateo	$3583
29 km or 18 mi	Pacifica	$3135
29 km or 18 mi	Union	$2922
30 km or 19 mi	Benicia	$2824
31 km or 19 mi	Dublin	$3109
31 km or 19 mi	San Rafael	$4148
32 km or 20 mi	Belmont	$3567
33 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3300
34 km or 21 mi	Vallejo	$2900
35 km or 22 mi	Newark	$3003
35 km or 22 mi	Pleasanton	$3644
35 km or 22 mi	Redwood	$3389
37 km or 23 mi	Fremont	$3186
38 km or 24 mi	East Palo Alto	$3245
39 km or 24 mi	Menlo Park	$3313

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$538
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$554
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$570
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$584
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$530
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$549
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$585
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$578
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$555
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$575
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$585
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$533
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$579
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$565
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$548
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$752
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$579
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$584
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$573
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$525
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$558
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$604
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$774
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$574
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$587
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$785
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$580
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$856
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$581
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$602
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$613
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$574
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$609
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$596
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$812
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$596
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$599
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$577
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$586