Charlotte vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Charlotte	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2403	$929
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5638	$2282
🏠 One person rent	$1453	$493
🏘️ Family rent	$2444	$878
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$50.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4246	$871
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	68	54
😀 Quality of life	89	64
🏙️ Population	875K	1.33M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 159% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1073rd and 6157th ($2403 vs $929) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 918th and 17th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Charlotte ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 283rd and 5470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Kazan

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	Charlotte	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$8.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$3.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.24	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1623	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2971	$1065
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$69.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	18.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4032	$3554
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2433	$2534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.2	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.35	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$5.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$7.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.04	$4.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.06	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.09	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.4	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1516	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24528	$15147

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2195
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2113
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2159
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2078
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$1963
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1968
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2002
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2126
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1978
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2158
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2080
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2067
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1736
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1913
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2089
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2030
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2079
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1873
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2081
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1917
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2202
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2221
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2036
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1858
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2324
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1951
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2410
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1853
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1769
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$1943
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2123
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2709
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2091
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$1987
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1952

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971