Atlanta vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Atlanta	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2570	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5742	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1586	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2465	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$690	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5431	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	54
😀 Quality of life	90	66
🏙️ Population	499K	8.78M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 299% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 704th and 7256th ($2570 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 650th 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 Atlanta compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Atlanta ranked 38th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 165th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Quanzhou

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	Atlanta	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.39	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1651	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1325	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2827	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2730	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2292	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.7	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.67	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.13	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27299	$20567

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2339
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2331
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2277
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2284
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2441
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2268
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2285
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2254
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2302
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2319
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2235
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2282
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2166
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2390
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2208
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$1993
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2657
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1928
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2195
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2435
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1541
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2213
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2094
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2148
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2159
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2149
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2076
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2127
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1888
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1839
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2128
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1704
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1636
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1652
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1726
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1736
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1901
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1982

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