Shangqiu vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Shangqiu	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$598	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1652	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$242	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$416	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$648	$4008
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	24	99
😀 Quality of life	44	100
🏙️ Population	7.82M	5.45M

The cost of living in Shangqiu is 77% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7835th and 649th ($598 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 1st in China and Australia, respectively. Check China vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Shangqiu compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Shangqiu ranked 298th best city to live in China vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 7180th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shangqiu vs Sydney

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	Shangqiu	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.57	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$191	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$411	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.9	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.87	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2747	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1738	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.52	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.72	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.25	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.87	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.78	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.7	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.4	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.6	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17107	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710