Sao Paulo vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Sao Paulo	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1042	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2664	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$480	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$881	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$643
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	24
😀 Quality of life	64	41
🏙️ Population	12.4M	7.82M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 40% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 5031st and 6604th ($1042 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 53rd in Brazil and China, respectively. Check Brazil vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Sao Paulo compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Sao Paulo ranked 2nd best city to live in Brazil vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 4799th and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Shangqiu

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	Sao Paulo	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.49	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.6	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.4	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$560	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1043	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$696	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.6	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.78%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2704	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1879	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50.5	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.47	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.8	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.65	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.04	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.83	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.4	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.79	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.9	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$464	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12031	$14498

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Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$768
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$695
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$733
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$744
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$680
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$690
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$766
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$600
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$711
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$668
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$661
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$669
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$674
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$669
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$695
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$645
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$682
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$663
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$680
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$651
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$652
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$652
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$675
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$680
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$662
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$670
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$677
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$687
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$700
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$678
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$761
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$763
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$662
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$657
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$558
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$813
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$649
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$678
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$659

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