Sarajevo vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sarajevo	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2195	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$443	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$741	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$50	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$746	$931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	100
😀 Quality of life	66	77
🏙️ Population	276K	24.9M

The cost of living in Sarajevo is 17% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6050th and 4879th ($932 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Bosnia and Herzegovina and China, respectively. Check Bosnia and Herzegovina vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Sarajevo compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Sarajevo ranked 1st best city to live in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5081st and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sarajevo vs Shanghai

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	Sarajevo	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.93	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.33	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$387	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$710	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$482	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.18%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3478	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2305	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.39	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.02	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.81	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.82	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.45	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3470	$27624

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Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$618
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$760
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$707
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$669
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$734
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$883
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1610
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$920
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1539
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$858
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1261
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1623
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1107
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$967
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1515
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$617
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1047
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1503
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1195
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$685
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1111
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1072
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1335
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$918
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1153
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1115
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$819
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1107
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$557
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$665
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1033
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1322
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$655
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$965
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$832

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753