Prague vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Prague	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1513	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3601	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$911	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1611	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1829	$707
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	93	24
😀 Quality of life	87	38
🏙️ Population	1.38M	7.82M

The cost of living in Prague is 106% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 3363rd and 6735th ($1513 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 43rd in the Czech Republic and China, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Prague compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 285th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Shangqiu

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	Prague	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.47	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.22	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.41	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$901	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$685	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1728	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1240	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$254	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7481	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5304	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.33	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.7	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.6	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$758	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12277	$17921

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120

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