Charlotte vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$800
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	68	20
😀 Quality of life	88	41
🏙️ Population	875K	6.44M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 277% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 761st and 7052nd ($2528 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 74th 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 Shangrao. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 252nd and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Shangrao

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	Charlotte	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621