Chennai vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chennai	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1151	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$161	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.9	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$813
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	53
😀 Quality of life	68	53
🏙️ Population	10.3M	8.78M

The cost of living in Chennai is 37% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8842nd and 6882nd ($434 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 102nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 3676th and 6124th 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	$2.09	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.54	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.3	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.38%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1913	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.54	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.08	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.31	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.72	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.8	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.02	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.58	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.5	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42.5	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.5	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$19406

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$337
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$269
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$415
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$339
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$343
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$326
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$367
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$356
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$350
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$326
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$328
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$357
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$585
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$316
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$359
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$337
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$383
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$319
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$399
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$312
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$317
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$287
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$327
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$345
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$341
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$321
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$334
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$309
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$358
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$350
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$309
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$384
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$310
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$375
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$353
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$358
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$369
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$325

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