Ramallah vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ramallah	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1011	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2300	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$474	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.4	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$836	$643
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	55	24
😀 Quality of life	53	41
🏙️ Population	39K	7.82M

The cost of living in Ramallah is 36% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 5228th and 6604th ($1011 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 53rd in the Palestine and China, respectively. Check the Palestine vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Ramallah compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Ramallah ranked 1st best city to live in the Palestine vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 6114th and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ramallah vs Shangqiu

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	Ramallah	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.03	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.9	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.54	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$432	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$770	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.1	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.73%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1116	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.65	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.22	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.44	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.33	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.03	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.7	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$196	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3737	$14498

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Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$1948
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$964
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1583
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1752
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2068
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1900
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$849
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1701
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$760
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$737
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2113
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1776
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1873
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1826
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2149
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1850
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$802
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$679
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1848
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$1962
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1499

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543