Luoyang vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luoyang	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$505	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1437	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$148	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$263	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.3	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$578	$4749
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	34	82
😀 Quality of life	40	88
🏙️ Population	7.06M	468K

The cost of living in Luoyang is 79% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 8612th and 972nd ($505 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 510th and 892nd in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Luoyang compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Luoyang ranked 237th best city to live in China vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 6957th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luoyang vs Raleigh

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	Luoyang	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.11	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$104	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$351	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$184	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.1	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1978	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1308	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.11	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.44	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.86	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.46	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.82	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.66	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.28	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.48	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.2	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.1	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16348	$21914

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Cities near Luoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
33 km or 21 mi	Yanshi	$509
43 km or 27 mi	Mengzhou	$505
49 km or 31 mi	Jiyuan	$520
52 km or 32 mi	Gongyi	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Dengfeng	$529
66 km or 41 mi	Ruzhou	$538
67 km or 41 mi	Qinyang	$504
88 km or 55 mi	Xinmi	$528
90 km or 56 mi	Xingyang	$519
97 km or 60 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
100 km or 62 mi	Jincheng	$547
112 km or 69 mi	Yuzhou	$552
113 km or 70 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
113 km or 70 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
123 km or 76 mi	Xinzheng	$538
131 km or 81 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
133 km or 82 mi	Changge	$547
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
137 km or 85 mi	Yuncheng	$586
142 km or 88 mi	Lingbao	$559
143 km or 89 mi	Houma	$540
146 km or 91 mi	Xuchang	$586
151 km or 94 mi	Xinxiang	$575
153 km or 95 mi	Huixian	$551
170 km or 106 mi	Weihui	$571
176 km or 109 mi	Kaifeng	$545
179 km or 111 mi	Linfen	$569
181 km or 113 mi	Changzhi	$726
182 km or 113 mi	Wugang	$571
183 km or 113 mi	Yongji	$558
185 km or 115 mi	Nanyang	$632
188 km or 117 mi	Hejin	$554
189 km or 117 mi	Luohe	$591
201 km or 125 mi	Linzhou	$588
202 km or 126 mi	Hancheng	$558
208 km or 129 mi	Hebi	$625
219 km or 136 mi	Changyuan	$787
222 km or 138 mi	Dengzhou	$600
222 km or 138 mi	Huozhou	$543
234 km or 146 mi	Zhoukou	$580

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682