Puebla vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Puebla	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$939	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2466	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$407	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$323	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$629	$1905
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	100
😀 Quality of life	54	79
🏙️ Population	1.43M	24.9M

The cost of living in Puebla is 17% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6023rd and 4780th ($939 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 6th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Puebla ranked 13th best city to live in Mexico vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5982nd and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Puebla vs Shanghai

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	Puebla	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.64	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.76	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$865	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$708	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.9	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.9	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.14%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$524	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.1	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.25	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.33	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.5	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.4	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.63	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$229	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10619	$31401

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Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$811
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$843
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$734
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1190
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$504
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$835
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$757
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$723
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$763
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$772
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$704
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$694
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$589
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$844
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$789
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$797
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$660
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$741
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$726
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$830
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$941
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$727
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$707
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$601
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$748
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$707

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774