Cologne vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$947	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	54
😀 Quality of life	96	66
🏙️ Population	1.09M	8.78M

The cost of living in Cologne is 171% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2551st and 7256th ($1744 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 118th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 12th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Quanzhou

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	Cologne	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$20567

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

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