Denver vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Denver	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2717	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6307	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1692	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2963	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$666	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	54
😀 Quality of life	90	66
🏙️ Population	716K	8.78M

The cost of living in Denver is 322% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 463rd and 7256th ($2717 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 418th 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 1.9 months in Denver compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Denver ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 158th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Denver	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1812	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.4	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4595	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3621	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.81	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.91	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.8	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1528	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16279	$20567

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2381
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2495
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2577
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2618
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2432
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2315
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2674
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2784
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2525
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2958
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2568
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2661
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2509
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2624
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2661
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2451
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2001
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2373
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2425
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1892
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1642
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2396
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1711
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1854
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2211
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2623
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1706
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1768

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