Charlotte vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$991
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	68	93
😀 Quality of life	88	66
🏙️ Population	875K	9.37M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 305% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 761st and 7405th ($2528 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 252nd and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Hefei

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	Charlotte	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$8278

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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

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665