Paris vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Paris	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2480	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5726	$1657
🏠 One person rent	$1432	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$2535	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$274	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3974	$688
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	99	17
😀 Quality of life	96	44
🏙️ Population	2.11M	7.82M

The cost of living in Paris is 312% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 916th and 7914th ($2480 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 207th in France and China, respectively. Check France vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Paris compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Shangqiu ranked 334th in China, while ranked 14th and 7360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Shangqiu

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	Paris	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$2.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.61	$0.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.23	$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.54	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1595	$233
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1144	$192
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2814	$431
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$58.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.1	$8.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.31%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14879	$2751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9948	$1731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$104	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$4.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.99	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.5	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.7	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.53	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.61	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.41	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.3	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$33.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$67.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$911	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17184	$16802

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$581
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$803
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$581
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$569
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$483
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$558
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$598
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$556
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$548
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$514
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$592
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$583
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$601
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$491
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$509
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$518
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$543
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$498
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$489
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$531
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$520
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$506
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$516
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$516
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$576
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$492
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$596
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$550
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$505
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$519
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$548
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$518