Arlington vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	53
😀 Quality of life	77	70
🏙️ Population	394K	8.78M

The cost of living in Arlington is 199% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2476th and 7641st ($1856 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 138th 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 405th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 1375th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$9321

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941