Arlington vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	54
😀 Quality of life	73	66
🏙️ Population	394K	8.78M

The cost of living in Arlington is 192% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2153rd and 7256th ($1883 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 118th 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 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 1499th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$20567

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936