Raleigh vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Raleigh	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5984	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$1542	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$2792	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.6	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4931	$679
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	82	24
😀 Quality of life	89	38
🏙️ Population	468K	7.82M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 219% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 806th and 6542nd ($2477 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 719th and 43rd 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 2 months in Raleigh compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Raleigh ranked 49th best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 202nd and 7163rd 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	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.6	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.49	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1570	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1231	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2956	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2331	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7431	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.08	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.78	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.71	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.23	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.4	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1530	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22229	$18304

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2278
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1859
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2228
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2217
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2137
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2158
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2146
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2141
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2057
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2043
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1697
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2122
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2110
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1791
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2012
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2099
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2060
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2026
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2110
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2094
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2162
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2076
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2105
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1972
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1917
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2081
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1705
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2146
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2022
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2135
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2299
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2194
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1753

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542