Charlotte vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Charlotte	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2710	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6320	$3221
🏠 One person rent	$1650	$359
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$623	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4830	$949
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	68	70
😀 Quality of life	88	68
🏙️ Population	875K	12.7M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 166% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 361st and 5170th ($2710 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 319th and 11th 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 0.9 months in Suzhou. Charlotte ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 191st and 3722nd 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	$15.6	$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.1	$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$5.03	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1631	$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1436	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3604	$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2287	$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4417	$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2771	$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.27	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$108	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$35.9	$4.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.33	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.19	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.98	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.28	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.78	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.9	$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$182	$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1380	$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26419	$22097

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2350
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2348
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2223
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2287
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2174
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2191
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1935
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2163
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2194
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2218
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2073
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2153
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2112
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2094
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1573
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1902
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1932
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2056
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2139
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$2175
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2084
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2044
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$2052
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2082
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2190
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$1855
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1917
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2181
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1991
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2184
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1949
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1888
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2236
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2084
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2664
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2119
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2082
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2162
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2105
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2119

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$771
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$731
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$687
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$731
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$699
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$688
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$707
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$651
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1190
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$713
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$682
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$675
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1074
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$694
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$763
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$682
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$831
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$625
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$625
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$679
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$755
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$645
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$631
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$720
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$703
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$789
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$677
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$740
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$696
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$652
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$690
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$898
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645