Brisbane vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	49
😀 Quality of life	98	71
🏙️ Population	2.71M	8.78M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 258% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1349th and 7679th ($2269 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 137th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 3rd and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Quanzhou

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	Brisbane	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$9536

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943