Shangqiu vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Shangqiu	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$602	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1657	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$246	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$431	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$688	$4145
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	17	99
😀 Quality of life	44	98
🏙️ Population	7.82M	5.45M

The cost of living in Shangqiu is 79% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7914th and 348th ($602 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 207th 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 334th best city to live in China vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 7360th and 2nd 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	$2.9	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.2	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.57	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$233	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$192	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$431	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.1	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.5	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.19%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1731	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.01	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.38	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.73	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.41	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.9	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16802	$21946

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Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$581
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$803
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$581
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$569
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$483
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$558
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$598
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$556
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$548
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$514
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$592
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$583
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$601
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$491
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$509
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$518
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$543
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$498
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$489
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$531
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$520
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$506
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$516
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$516
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$576
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$492
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$596
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$550
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$505
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$519
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$548
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$518

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864