Rome vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Rome	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1750	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4293	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$929	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$1751	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1885	$679
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	92	24
😀 Quality of life	86	38
🏙️ Population	2.75M	7.82M

The cost of living in Rome is 126% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2722nd and 6542nd ($1750 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 43rd in Italy and China, respectively. Check Italy vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 294th and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Shangqiu

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	Rome	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.25	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1074	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$679	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$215	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.61%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7363	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.66	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.7	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.34	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.3	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.91	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.09	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$21	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.9	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.4	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$513	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$18304

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$928
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1654
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1492
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1427
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1316
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1400
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1324
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1277
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1061
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1058
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1117
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1168
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1424
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1268
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1034
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1129
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1188
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1340
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1148
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1148
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1301
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1259
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1320
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1294
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1249
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1323
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1601
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1212
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1231
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1449
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1342
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1199
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1400
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1208
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1240
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1632
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1262

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