Chennai vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chennai	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$437	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1065	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$159	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$272	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.2	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$321	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	53
😀 Quality of life	65	70
🏙️ Population	6.6M	8.78M

The cost of living in Chennai is 30% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8898th and 7641st ($437 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 138th in India and China, respectively. Check India vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chennai compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Chennai ranked 5th best city to live in India vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 5272nd and 4086th 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	$2.25	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.91	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.96	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.55%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1914	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$746	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.87	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.05	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.8	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.79	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.9	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.8	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.4	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.8	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1729	$9321

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$327
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$235
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$291
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$327
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$535
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$300
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$327
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$368
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$334
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$295
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$524
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$304
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$341
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$347
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$345
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$286
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$355
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$290
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$307
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$277
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$347
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$339
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$345
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$310
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$346
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$298
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$347
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$383
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$266
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$301
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$265
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$291
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$266
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$295
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$286

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941