Charlotte vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Charlotte	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2615	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6031	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1631	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$2780	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4594	$831
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	68	53
😀 Quality of life	88	50
🏙️ Population	875K	8.78M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 293% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 574th and 7155th ($2615 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 508th and 142nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Charlotte ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 230th and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Quanzhou

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	Charlotte	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.95	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1394	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3455	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2308	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4378	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2768	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.8	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.87	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.26	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.28	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.78	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1274	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25869	$22902

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2313
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2178
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2270
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2115
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2146
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1971
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2155
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2194
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2012
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2142
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2081
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2052
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1530
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1844
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1917
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2094
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2105
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2110
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$2110
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2162
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2281
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2012
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1857
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2399
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1955
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2509
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1908
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1872
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2105
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2122
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2596
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2126
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2076
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2088

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014