Charlotte vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$865
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	68	28
😀 Quality of life	88	41
🏙️ Population	875K	6.23M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 286% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 761st and 7175th ($2528 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 100th 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 1.3 months in Xinyang. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 252nd and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Charlotte vs Xinyang infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/charlotte/xinyang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Charlotte vs Xinyang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/charlotte/xinyang" target="_blank">Charlotte vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Charlotte vs Xinyang

Prices for goods and services in Charlotte and Xinyang are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Charlotte	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$8587

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888

Cities near Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558