Columbus vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$813
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	53
😀 Quality of life	87	53
🏙️ Population	906K	8.78M

The cost of living in Columbus is 220% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1282nd and 6882nd ($2202 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 102nd 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 Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 202nd and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Quanzhou

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	Columbus	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$19406

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2107
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2030
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2125
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2046
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2124
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1805
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2032
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1985
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1935
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2010
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1905
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1787
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1900
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1767
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1642
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1747
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1761
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1823
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1787
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1798
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1844
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1791
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1721
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2055
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1919
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1803
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1587
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1857
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1486
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1886
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1768
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1844
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1819
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1491
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1659
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1861

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