Reykjavik vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Reykjavik	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2915	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5968	$2023
🏠 One person rent	$1781	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$2749	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$832	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.7	$91.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3918	$764
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	20
😀 Quality of life	89	40
🏙️ Population	140K	6.44M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 307% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 204th and 6841st ($2915 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 76th 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 1.1 months in Shangrao. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Shangrao ranked 224th in China, while ranked 189th and 6892nd 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	$22	$3.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$125	$25.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$18.5	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.1	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1809	$334
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1626	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2552	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.2	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.4	$48.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.55%	4.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6498	$5346
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5311	$2656
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.63	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.2	$23.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$5.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.29	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$2.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.66	$2.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.9	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$37.6	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$22	$8.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.27	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.2	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.36	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.8	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.7	$45.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$47.4	$5.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$112	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$155	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$254	$483
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6167	$19047

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2371
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2602
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2091
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2300
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1913
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1830
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1459
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1491
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1599
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1647
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1625
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1793
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1710
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2013
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1545
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1650
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1573
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1793
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1420
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1744
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1830
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1467
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1805
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1657
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2427
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1930
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1390
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2125
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1969
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1752
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2492
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2161

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$634
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$643
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$636
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$633
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$666
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$694
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$731
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$719
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$673
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$708
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$670
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$642
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$683
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$703
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$776
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$719
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$705
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$636
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$646
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$771
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$843
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$706
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$658
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$698
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$590
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$742
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$702
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$903
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$628
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$712
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$706
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$676
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$714
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$661
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$611
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$694