Shangqiu vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Shangqiu	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$775	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2025	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$391	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$679	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.6	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$679	$2228
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	24	65
😀 Quality of life	38	83
🏙️ Population	7.82M	1.25M

The cost of living in Shangqiu is 48% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6542nd and 3679th ($775 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 43rd and 7th in China and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check China vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Shangqiu compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Shangqiu ranked 316th best city to live in China vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7163rd and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shangqiu vs Sharjah

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	Shangqiu	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.07	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.82	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$494	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$645	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.3	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.21%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3237	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2037	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.85	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.5	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.35	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.92	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.6	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.6	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18304	$5054

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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

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507