Shangqiu vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Shangqiu	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$602	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1657	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$246	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$431	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$688	$939
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	17	48
😀 Quality of life	44	63
🏙️ Population	7.82M	1.47M

The cost of living in Shangqiu is 43% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7914th and 5278th ($602 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 207th and 5th 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 334th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 7360th and 5513th 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	$2.9	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.2	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.57	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$233	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$192	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$431	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.1	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.5	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.19%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1731	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.01	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.38	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.73	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.41	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.9	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16802	$7937

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688