Shanghai vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Shanghai	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1126	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$600	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$1068	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$293	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$879	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	99	8
😀 Quality of life	75	48
🏙️ Population	24.9M	24.7K

The cost of living in Shanghai is 32% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4971st and 3471st ($1126 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in China and the Seychelles, respectively. Check China vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Shanghai compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Shanghai ranked 4th best city to live in China vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 1655th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shanghai vs Victoria

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	Shanghai	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.1	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.51	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$803	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$486	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1462	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$880	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.6	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.34%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14215	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7113	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.45	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.91	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.84	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.6	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.8	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1114	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27781	$8971

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Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1002
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$669
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$782
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$594
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$620
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$644
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$557
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$683
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$643
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$650
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$584
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$671
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$636
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$680
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$684
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$623
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$646
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$860
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$647
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$652
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$611
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$652
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$604
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$675
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$678
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$626
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$644
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$677
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$601
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$665
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$632
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$765

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419