Charlotte vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Charlotte	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2423	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5566	$990
🏠 One person rent	$1475	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2428	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4235	$271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	68	40
😀 Quality of life	90	55
🏙️ Population	875K	5.94M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 244% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 986th and 7068th ($2423 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 865th and 2nd in the United States and India, respectively. Check the United States vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Charlotte compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Charlotte ranked 71st best city to live in the United States vs Surat ranked 45th in India, while ranked 234th and 6284th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Surat

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	Charlotte	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.8	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.9	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.28	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.03	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1574	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2814	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2056	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.43%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3607	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2665	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.4	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.63	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.5	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1305	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24711	$922

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2239
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2121
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2196
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2067
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2102
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1960
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2019
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2160
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1988
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2212
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2094
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2075
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1878
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2167
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2070
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2156
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1923
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2124
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1993
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2152
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2305
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2065
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1853
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2418
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1970
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2529
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1980
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1929
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2105
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2166
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2737
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2166
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2154
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2013

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$278
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$374
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$375
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$267
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$382
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$399
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$487
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$324
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$705
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$382
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$303
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$349
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$330
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$264
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$290
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$273
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$297
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$396
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$328
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$285
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$310
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$290
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$305
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$309
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$328
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$366
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$333
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$333