Hyderabad, Pakistan vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hyderabad	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$315	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$748	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$122	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$190	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$111	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$107	$1905
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	93 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	100
😀 Quality of life	24	79
🏙️ Population	1.73M	24.9M

The cost of living in Hyderabad, Pakistan is 72% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 9191st and 4780th ($315 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 6th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Hyderabad, Pakistan compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Hyderabad, Pakistan ranked 10th best city to live in Pakistan vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 8672nd and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hyderabad, Pakistan vs Shanghai

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	Hyderabad	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.82	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$5.87	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.35	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$0.79	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.9	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.4	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$139	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$97.6	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$387	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$194	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.34	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.43	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.05	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.26	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.38	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.6	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.18	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.77	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.72	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$8.31	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.75	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.9	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.53	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.8	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.9	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$28.6	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$716	$31401

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Cities near Hyderabad, Pakistan

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
96 km or 60 mi	Nawabshah	$341
148 km or 92 mi	Karachi	$429
243 km or 151 mi	Larkana	$327
263 km or 163 mi	Sukkur	$325
271 km or 168 mi	Bhuj	$295
322 km or 200 mi	Jacobabad	$313
423 km or 263 mi	Rajkot	$326
434 km or 270 mi	Porbandar	$344
453 km or 282 mi	Mehsana	$402
482 km or 299 mi	Jodhpur	$375
499 km or 310 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
499 km or 310 mi	Pali	$338
501 km or 311 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
543 km or 337 mi	Udaipur	$347
546 km or 339 mi	Nadiad	$399
552 km or 343 mi	Quetta	$285
553 km or 344 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
556 km or 345 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
565 km or 351 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
572 km or 356 mi	Bikaner	$268
599 km or 372 mi	Vadodara	$406
607 km or 377 mi	Godhra	$391
614 km or 382 mi	Multan	$371
629 km or 391 mi	Bhilwara	$360
639 km or 397 mi	Ajmer	$299
650 km or 404 mi	Khanewal	$358
653 km or 406 mi	Surat	$785
678 km or 421 mi	Navsari	$284
679 km or 422 mi	Burewala	$360
716 km or 445 mi	Ratlam	$327
718 km or 446 mi	Sikar	$371
740 km or 460 mi	Kandahar	$521
750 km or 466 mi	Kota	$368
760 km or 472 mi	Jhang	$292
768 km or 477 mi	Jaipur	$395
768 km or 477 mi	Gojra	$344
778 km or 484 mi	Chabahar	$687
783 km or 487 mi	Okara	$310
790 km or 491 mi	Ujjain	$285

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774