Atlanta vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Atlanta	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2540	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5770	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1567	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$2549	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5608	$831
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	53
😀 Quality of life	90	50
🏙️ Population	499K	8.78M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 281% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 714th and 7155th ($2540 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 641st and 142nd 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 2.2 months in Atlanta compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Atlanta ranked 31st best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 140th and 6224th 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	$18	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.27	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1697	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1286	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2880	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2127	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3113	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2438	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.3	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.47	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.04	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.47	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.23	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.02	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.17	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.8	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.2	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.1	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1299	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27237	$22902

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2337
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2317
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2253
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2267
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2501
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2270
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2303
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2255
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2314
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2275
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2237
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2353
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2338
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2450
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2387
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2365
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$2044
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$2025
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2191
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2492
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1501
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1677
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2194
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2140
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2087
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2168
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2164
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2214
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2205
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1834
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1909
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2125
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1709
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1627
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1668
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1822
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1813
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1960
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$2041

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014