Belgrade vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$717	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	53
😀 Quality of life	74	70
🏙️ Population	1.2M	8.78M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 115% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4408th and 7641st ($1335 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 138th in Serbia and China, respectively. Check Serbia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 2116th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Quanzhou

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	Belgrade	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$9321

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

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