Raleigh vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	82	24
😀 Quality of life	90	44
🏙️ Population	468K	7.82M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 289% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1213th and 7835th ($2327 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th and 183rd in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 212th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Shangqiu

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	Raleigh	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$17107

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517