Raleigh vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Raleigh	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5984	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$1542	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$2792	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.6	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4931	$1044
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	82	70
😀 Quality of life	89	67
🏙️ Population	468K	12.7M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 143% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 806th and 5553rd ($2477 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 719th and 9th 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 months in Suzhou. Raleigh ranked 49th best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 202nd and 3798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Suzhou

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	Raleigh	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.6	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$5.49	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1570	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1231	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2956	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2331	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7431	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.08	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.78	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.71	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.23	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.4	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1530	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22229	$26560

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645