Chicago vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chicago	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2678	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6655	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1596	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2946	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$200	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4876	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	54
😀 Quality of life	95	66
🏙️ Population	2.75M	8.78M

The cost of living in Chicago is 316% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 529th and 7256th ($2678 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 483rd and 118th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chicago compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 23rd and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Chicago	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.9	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1841	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1327	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3729	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2474	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.1	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3391	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2689	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.63	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.8	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2114	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24502	$20567

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2425
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2421
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2510
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2426
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2444
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2194
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2256
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2401
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2418
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2384
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2314
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2389
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2264
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2377
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2392
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2363
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2509
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2359
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2393
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2360
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1938
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2362
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2363
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2344
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2396
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1948
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2350
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2378
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2446
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2369
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2506
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2342
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2367
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2342
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$1954
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2351
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2371

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