Canberra vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Canberra	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2393	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5235	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1495	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$2245	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3763	$831
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	30	53
😀 Quality of life	83	50
🏙️ Population	381K	8.78M

The cost of living in Canberra is 259% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 929th and 7155th ($2393 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 142nd in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Canberra compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Canberra ranked 8th best city to live in Australia vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 393rd and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Quanzhou

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	Canberra	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.9	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.85	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.11	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.72	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.92	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1584	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2518	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1831	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.6	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7663	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5992	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.1	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.09	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.7	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.68	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.9	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$87	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1893	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15472	$22902

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1748
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1532
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1674
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1500
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1732
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2472
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1997
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2801
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2286
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1746
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1815
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1717
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1833
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1829
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1805
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1800
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1876
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1758
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1397
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2397
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1822
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1799
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1795
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1757
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$1892
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1357
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1289
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1816
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1900
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1798
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2265
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1635

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014