Peshawar vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$130	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$707
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	48	24
😀 Quality of life	40	38
🏙️ Population	1.97M	7.82M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 53% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 9093rd and 6735th ($346 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 43rd 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 1 months in Shangqiu. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 6958th and 7140th 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	$2.33	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$17921

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529