Charlotte vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Charlotte	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2423	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5566	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$1475	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2428	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4235	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	68	70
😀 Quality of life	90	71
🏙️ Population	875K	12.7M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 214% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 986th and 6778th ($2423 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 865th and 31st 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 1.7 months in Charlotte compared to 1.5 months in Suzhou. Charlotte ranked 71st best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 234th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Suzhou

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	Charlotte	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.8	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.9	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.28	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.03	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1574	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2814	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2056	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.43%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3607	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2665	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.4	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.63	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.5	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1305	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24711	$15339

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610