Port Vila vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Vila	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1938	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4119	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$1222	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1983	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$559	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.4	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$534	$707
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	1	24
😀 Quality of life	35	38
🏙️ Population	49K	7.82M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 163% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2019th and 6735th ($1938 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 43rd 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 months in Shangqiu. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 7447th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Port Vila	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.76	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.3	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1367	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2713	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.2	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.9	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$110	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.07%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1983	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.5	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.88	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.13	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.8	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.9	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.9	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$627	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6872	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529