Chennai vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$152	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	54
😀 Quality of life	66	66
🏙️ Population	6.6M	8.78M

The cost of living in Chennai is 33% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8897th and 7256th ($430 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 118th in India and China, respectively. Check India vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 4021st and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Quanzhou

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	Chennai	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.83	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$20567

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306

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