Port Vila vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Vila	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1884	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4044	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1157	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1891	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.3	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$232	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	1	20
😀 Quality of life	38	46
🏙️ Population	49K	6.44M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 190% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 2383rd and 7433rd ($1884 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 7974th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Shangrao

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	Port Vila	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.9	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1355	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$889	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2429	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1495	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.8	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$110	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3691	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2257	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.43	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.7	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.59	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.26	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.23	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.19	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.07	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.79	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$607	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6627	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620