Changsha vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$5839
🏠 One person rent	$190	$1559
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$2624
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$636
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$4485
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	68
😀 Quality of life	68	88
🏙️ Population	10M	875K

The cost of living in Changsha is 77% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 7932nd and 761st ($577 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th and 705th in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 1.8 months in Charlotte. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Charlotte ranked 62nd in the United States, while ranked 3100th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Charlotte

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	Changsha	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$1337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$3268
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$2832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$4.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$7.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$8.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$6.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$4.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$1337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$25956

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888