Port Vila vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Vila	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1884	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4044	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$1157	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$1891	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.3	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$232	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	1	100
😀 Quality of life	38	77
🏙️ Population	49K	24.9M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 67% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2383rd and 4879th ($1884 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Vanuatu and China, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Port Vila compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 7974th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Shanghai

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	Port Vila	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.9	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1355	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$889	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2429	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1495	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.8	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$110	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3691	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2257	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.43	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.7	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.59	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.26	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.23	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.19	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.07	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.79	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$607	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6627	$27624

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$1882
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1811
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1807
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1878
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$997
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$596
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$836
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$818
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1419
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1417
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$684
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$683
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1022
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1710
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1798
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1503
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2140
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2065
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$733
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1662
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1250
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$751
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$753
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$533
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1184
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$1961
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1716
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1678
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1499

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753