Raleigh vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Raleigh	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2388	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5530	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$1484	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$2447	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4749	$707
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	82	24
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	468K	7.82M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 224% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 972nd and 6735th ($2388 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 892nd 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 1 months in Shangqiu. Raleigh ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 221st and 7140th 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	$17.1	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1216	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2614	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2029	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6077	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2879	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.4	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.8	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.69	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21914	$17921

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682

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