Port Vila vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Vila	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1938	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4119	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$1222	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$1983	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$559	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.4	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$534	$1644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	1	100
😀 Quality of life	35	78
🏙️ Population	49K	24.9M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 77% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2019th and 4858th ($1938 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Vanuatu and China, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Port Vila compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 7447th and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Shanghai

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	Port Vila	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.76	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.3	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1367	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2713	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.2	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.9	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$110	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.07%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1983	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.5	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.88	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.13	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.8	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.9	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.9	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$627	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6872	$30174

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$1946
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1604
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1604
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1652
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$977
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$660
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$808
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$810
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1411
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1401
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$661
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$659
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1001
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1002
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1683
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1748
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2067
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2016
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$669
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1677
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1213
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$644
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$647
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$514
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1185
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$1968
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1709
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1736
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1493

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746