Shangqiu vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Shangqiu	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$598	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1652	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$242	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$416	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$648	$848
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	24	46
😀 Quality of life	44	64
🏙️ Population	7.82M	1.47M

The cost of living in Shangqiu is 38% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7835th and 5881st ($598 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 6th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Shangqiu compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Shangqiu ranked 298th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 7180th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shangqiu vs Yekaterinburg

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	Shangqiu	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.57	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$191	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$411	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.9	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.87	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2747	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1738	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.2	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.52	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.72	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.25	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.87	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.78	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.7	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.4	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17107	$7319

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617