Charlotte vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Charlotte	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2615	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6031	$2023
🏠 One person rent	$1631	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$2780	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$91.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4594	$764
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	68	20
😀 Quality of life	88	40
🏙️ Population	875K	6.44M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 265% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 574th and 6841st ($2615 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 508th and 76th 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 1.1 months in Shangrao. Charlotte ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 224th in China, while ranked 230th and 6892nd 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	$17.4	$3.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$25.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.95	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$334
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1394	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3455	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2308	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$48.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	4.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4378	$5346
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2768	$2656
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.8	$23.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$5.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$2.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$2.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.87	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$8.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.26	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.28	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.78	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$45.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$5.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1274	$483
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25869	$19047

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$634
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$643
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$636
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$633
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$666
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$694
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$731
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$719
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$673
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$708
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$670
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$642
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$683
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$703
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$776
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$719
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$705
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$636
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$646
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$771
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$843
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$706
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$658
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$698
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$590
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$742
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$702
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$903
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$628
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$712
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$706
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$676
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$714
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$661
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$611
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$694