Rome vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rome	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2020	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$1938	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2219	$648
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	91	24
😀 Quality of life	89	44
🏙️ Population	2.75M	7.82M

The cost of living in Rome is 238% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1942nd and 7835th ($2020 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 183rd 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 292nd and 7180th 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	$17.4	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.92	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1313	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$865	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2374	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1513	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$222	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.1	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.84%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8120	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3992	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.6	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.77	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.8	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.33	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.3	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.1	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$558	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10916	$17107

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1153
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1747
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1680
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1479
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1413
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1376
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1345
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1586
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1392
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1404
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1101
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1145
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1128
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1381
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1462
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1307
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1264
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1215
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1340
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1463
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1166
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1191
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1429
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1271
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1291
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1365
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1084
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1438
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1605
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1412
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1299
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1217
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1325
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1689
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1323

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517