Raleigh vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Raleigh	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2388	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5530	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1484	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2447	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4749	$800
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	20
😀 Quality of life	88	41
🏙️ Population	468K	6.44M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 256% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 972nd and 7052nd ($2388 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 892nd and 74th 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 2 months in Raleigh compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Raleigh ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 221st and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Shangrao

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	Raleigh	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1216	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2614	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2029	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6077	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2879	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.4	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.8	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.69	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21914	$31722

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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

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621