Reykjavik vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Reykjavik	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3268	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6787	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$2025	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$3029	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$894	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4361	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	52	20
😀 Quality of life	91	46
🏙️ Population	140K	6.44M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 403% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 88th and 7433rd ($3268 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th in Iceland and China, respectively. Check Iceland vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 191st and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Shangrao

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	Reykjavik	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$27.9	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.5	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$20.5	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$6.12	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.33	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2075	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1851	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3279	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2774	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.4	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8015	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6578	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.36	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.55	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.58	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$41.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.04	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.5	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.86	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.2	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.63	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.2	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$46	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$144	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$194	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$352	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30378	$28686

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620