Charlotte vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Charlotte	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2470	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5697	$2040
🏠 One person rent	$1502	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2463	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$91.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4381	$801
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	68	18
😀 Quality of life	89	46
🏙️ Population	875K	6.49M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 261% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 946th and 7385th ($2470 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 818th and 80th 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 64th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 234th in China, while ranked 246th and 7068th 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	$17	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5.65	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1645	$279
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1249	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2953	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2052	$323
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$44.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.1	$15.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.11%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4312	$5055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2445	$2527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.2	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$5.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.24	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.4	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.78	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.63	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.06	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.04	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.5	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$7.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$6.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$82.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24568	$25646

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2217
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2204
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2130
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2190
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2095
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$1904
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1959
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2031
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$1975
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2129
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1973
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2183
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2075
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2058
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1727
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1946
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2070
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2007
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2070
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1868
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2059
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2105
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1909
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2200
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2171
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2027
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1816
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2253
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1940
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2284
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1892
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1678
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$1842
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2089
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2671
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2083
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2212
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2133
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$1863
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1932

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$596
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$617
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$628
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$435
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$646
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$603
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$611
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$686
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$689
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$542
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$696
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$615
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$551
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$640
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$672
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$652
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$661
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$774
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$717
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$653
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$587
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$618
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$684
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$899
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$679
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$612
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$667
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$592
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$670
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$677
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$671
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$632
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$687
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$680
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$658
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$691
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$673
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$610
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$628