Beirut vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beirut	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1195	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2942	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$623	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$1252	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$813
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	75	53
😀 Quality of life	62	53
🏙️ Population	2.42M	8.78M

The cost of living in Beirut is 74% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4447th and 6882nd ($1195 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 102nd in Lebanon and China, respectively. Check Lebanon vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Beirut compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 5118th and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Quanzhou

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	Beirut	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3906	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1717	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.2	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.24	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.55	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4159	$19406

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$982
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$882
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$770
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$665
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$633
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$583
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1622
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1570
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1617
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1447
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1622
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1427
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1567
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1467
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1689
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1660
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$528
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$625
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1593
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$480
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$602
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$1962
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$436
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083