Raleigh vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Raleigh	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5984	$2023
🏠 One person rent	$1542	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$2792	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.6	$91.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4931	$764
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	20
😀 Quality of life	89	40
🏙️ Population	468K	6.44M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 246% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 806th and 6841st ($2477 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 719th and 76th 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 1.1 months in Shangrao. Raleigh ranked 49th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 224th in China, while ranked 202nd and 6892nd 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	$18	$3.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.6	$25.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.49	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1570	$334
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1231	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2956	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2331	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$48.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	4.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7431	$5346
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$2656
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$23.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$5.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.08	$2.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.78	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$8.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.71	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.23	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.4	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$45.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$5.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1530	$483
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22229	$19047

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2278
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1859
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2228
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2217
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2137
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2158
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2146
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2141
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2057
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2043
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1697
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2122
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2110
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1791
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2012
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2099
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2060
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2026
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2110
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2094
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2162
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2076
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2105
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1972
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1917
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2081
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1705
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2146
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2022
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2135
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2299
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2194
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1753

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$634
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$643
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$636
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$633
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$666
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$694
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$731
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$719
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$673
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$708
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$670
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$642
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$683
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$703
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$776
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$719
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$705
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$636
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$646
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$771
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$843
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$706
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$658
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$698
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$590
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$742
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$702
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$903
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$628
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$712
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$706
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$676
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$714
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$661
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$611
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$694