Raleigh vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Raleigh	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2388	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5530	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$1484	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$2447	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4749	$695
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	82	17
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	468K	9.03M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 312% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 972nd and 7893rd ($2388 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 892nd and 321st 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Raleigh ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 221st and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Zhoukou

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	Raleigh	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1216	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2614	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2029	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6077	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2879	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.4	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.8	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.69	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21914	$14854

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484