Charlotte vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$1633
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$609
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	68	30
😀 Quality of life	88	36
🏙️ Population	875K	1.58M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 269% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 761st and 6965th ($2528 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 115th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 0.9 months in Leon. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 252nd and 7382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Leon

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	Charlotte	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$8.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$615
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$17.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$26.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	11.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$29.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$3.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$2639

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704