Calgary vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Calgary	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2113	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$189	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3532	$813
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	53	53
😀 Quality of life	92	53
🏙️ Population	1.31M	8.78M

The cost of living in Calgary is 207% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1526th and 6882nd ($2113 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 102nd in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Calgary compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 66th and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Quanzhou

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	Calgary	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1165	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$944	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1559	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.7	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3182	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.1	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.57	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.91	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.2	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.9	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$904	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21983	$19406

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722

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