Dubai vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$893
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	54
😀 Quality of life	87	66
🏙️ Population	3.33M	8.78M

The cost of living in Dubai is 269% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 989th and 7256th ($2379 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th in the United Arab Emirates and China, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 288th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Quanzhou

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	Dubai	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$20567

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536

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