Brisbane vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	49
😀 Quality of life	97	71
🏙️ Population	2.71M	8.78M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 258% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1241st and 7630th ($2323 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 134th 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 26th in China, while ranked 3rd and 3354th 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	$15.8	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$9745

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954