Raleigh vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	82	24
😀 Quality of life	90	45
🏙️ Population	468K	6.56M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 286% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 1213th and 7790th ($2327 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th and 167th 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 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.1 months in Shaoyang. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 212th and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Raleigh	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$10279

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599