Peshawar vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Peshawar	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$352	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$857	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$137	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$259	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$134	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.3	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$643
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	48	24
😀 Quality of life	42	41
🏙️ Population	1.97M	7.82M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 53% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 9085th and 6604th ($352 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 53rd in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Peshawar compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Peshawar ranked 6th best city to live in Pakistan vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 6943rd and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Shangqiu

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	Peshawar	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.88	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.4	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.89	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.6	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$56.9	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$237	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.8	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.8	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.93%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$183	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$152	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.37	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.53	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.94	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.52	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$9.11	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.37	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.4	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.7	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.5	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$31.9	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$457	$14498

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$307
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$335
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$347
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$238
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$389
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$449
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$567
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$278
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$330
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$281
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$277
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$455
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$344
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$303
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$393
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$364
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$289
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$240
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$298
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$337
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$268
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$399
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$260
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$386
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$445
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$290
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$508
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$328
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$307
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$399
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$338
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$394
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543