Raleigh vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Raleigh	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2388	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5530	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$1484	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$2447	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4749	$1106
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	62
😀 Quality of life	88	49
🏙️ Population	468K	9.08M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 393% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 972nd and 8735th ($2388 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 892nd and 524th 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 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Raleigh ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 221st and 6314th 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	$17.1	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1216	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2614	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2029	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6077	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2879	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.4	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.8	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.69	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21914	$22170

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746