Bristol vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	54
😀 Quality of life	88	66
🏙️ Population	472K	8.78M

The cost of living in Bristol is 260% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1113th and 7256th ($2321 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 118th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 236th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Quanzhou

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	Bristol	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$20567

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2043
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1717
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1889
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1852
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$1940
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1818
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1623
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$1924
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1594
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1525
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1814
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$1897
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1902
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$1950
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$1984
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1569
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1704
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1691
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2312
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$1929
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$1946
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$1991
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1653
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2494
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$1998
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2020
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2039
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1885
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1608
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$1988
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1868
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1693
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1686
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2264
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1679

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936