Charlotte vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$707
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	68	24
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	875K	7.82M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 243% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 761st and 6735th ($2528 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 43rd 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 months in Shangqiu. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 252nd and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Charlotte vs Shangqiu infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/charlotte/shangqiu.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Charlotte vs Shangqiu infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/charlotte/shangqiu" target="_blank">Charlotte vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Charlotte vs Shangqiu

Prices for goods and services in Charlotte and Shangqiu are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Charlotte	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$17921

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529