Shangqiu vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Shangqiu	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$598	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1652	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$242	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$416	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$648	$2246
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	24	66
😀 Quality of life	44	88
🏙️ Population	7.82M	1.25M

The cost of living in Shangqiu is 58% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7835th and 4204th ($598 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 6th 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Shangqiu ranked 298th best city to live in China vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7180th and 312th 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	$3.04	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.57	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$191	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$411	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.9	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.87	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2747	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1738	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.52	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.72	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.25	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.87	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.78	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.7	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.4	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.6	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17107	$6883

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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

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483