Raleigh vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	62
😀 Quality of life	90	52
🏙️ Population	468K	9.08M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 366% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1213th and 8696th ($2327 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th and 502nd 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 212th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Xuzhou

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	Raleigh	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753