Charlotte vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Charlotte	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2470	$670
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5697	$1770
🏠 One person rent	$1502	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$2463	$368
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4381	$1012
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	68	84
😀 Quality of life	89	71
🏙️ Population	875K	9.37M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 269% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 946th and 7494th ($2470 vs $670) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 818th and 101st in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.5 months in Hefei. Charlotte ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 22nd in China, while ranked 246th and 3146th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Charlotte	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$2.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$5.65	$2.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1645	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1249	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2953	$402
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2052	$288
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$45.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.1	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.11%	3.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4312	$3568
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2445	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.2	$44.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.24	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.4	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.78	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.63	$3.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.06	$4.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.04	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.5	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$6.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$6.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24568	$8681

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2217
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2204
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2130
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2190
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2095
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$1904
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1959
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2031
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$1975
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2129
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1973
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2183
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2075
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2058
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1727
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1946
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2070
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2007
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2070
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1868
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2059
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2105
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1909
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2200
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2171
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2027
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1816
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2253
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1940
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2284
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1892
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1678
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$1842
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2089
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2671
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2083
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2212
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2133
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$1863
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1932

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$628
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$624
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$650
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$612
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$674
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$653
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$671
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$523
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$602
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$652
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$789
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$587
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$551
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$684
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$644
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$613
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$620
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$635
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$605
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$661
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$657
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$623
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$610
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$644
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$667
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$595
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$567
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$627
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$588
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$663
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$633
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$672
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$636
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$693
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$646
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$651
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$531
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$693