Raleigh vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Raleigh	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$1374	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$2201	$350
🍽️ Food expenses	$624	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.7	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4362	$924
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	55
😀 Quality of life	89	52
🏙️ Population	468K	9.08M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 327% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1363rd and 8496th ($2265 vs $531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 466th 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 54th best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 101st in China, while ranked 219th and 6556th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Raleigh	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$2.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.82	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1531	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1084	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2619	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1754	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.1	$7.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3898	$2128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1668
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.42	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.7	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$4.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.61	$1.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$1.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$5.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.18	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.2	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.97	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$3.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$52.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1475	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24243	$22004

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2229
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2483
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1850
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2169
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2280
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2300
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2241
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2063
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2133
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2116
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1842
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2016
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1803
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1766
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2089
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2212
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2059
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1775
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2027
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2055
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2073
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2045
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1909
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2007
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2200
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1863
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2070
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2105
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2007
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1849
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2075
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2031
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1851
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1904
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2003
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2295
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2375
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2129
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2204
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1729

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$595
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$605
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$588
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$585
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$587
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$633
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$523
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$575
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$612
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$523
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$571
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$613
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$624
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$672
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$567
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$560
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$562
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$578
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$550
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$635
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$610
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$555
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$589
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$644
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$670
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$508
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$457
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$546
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$549
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$650
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$693
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$789