Charlotte vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Charlotte	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2423	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5566	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$1475	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$2428	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4235	$3342
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	68	86
😀 Quality of life	90	99
🏙️ Population	875K	2.79M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 2% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 986th and 918th ($2423 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 865th and 2nd in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Charlotte compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Charlotte ranked 71st best city to live in the United States vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 234th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Toronto

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	Charlotte	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.8	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.9	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.28	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$5.03	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1574	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2814	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2056	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.43%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3607	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2665	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.4	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.63	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.5	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1305	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24711	$17676

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043