Shangqiu vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Shangqiu	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$598	$1890
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1652	$4601
🏠 One person rent	$242	$1094
🏘️ Family rent	$416	$1904
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$512
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$648	$3306
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	24	87
😀 Quality of life	44	92
🏙️ Population	7.82M	518K

The cost of living in Shangqiu is 68% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 7835th and 2353rd ($598 vs $1890) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 149th in China and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check China vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Shangqiu compared to 1.7 months in Sheffield. Shangqiu ranked 298th best city to live in China vs Sheffield ranked 20th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7180th and 148th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shangqiu vs Sheffield

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	Shangqiu	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.57	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$5.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$191	$799
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$411	$1813
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$1471
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.9	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.87	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2747	$4352
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1738	$3110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$3.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.52	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$3.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$7.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.72	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.25	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.87	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$2.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.78	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.7	$84.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.4	$73
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.6	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$1226
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17107	$24382

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1588
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1507
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1617
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1830
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1669
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1833
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1887
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1698
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2067
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1921
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1783
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1746
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1658
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1831
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1788
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2034
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2001
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1968
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1918
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1413
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1759
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1850
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1837
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$2040
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1974
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1513
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1849
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1578
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2011
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1851