Ecatepec de Morelos vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ecatepec de Morelos	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$832	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1756	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$406	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$434	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.4	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1001	$771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	49
😀 Quality of life	59	71
🏙️ Population	1.93M	8.78M

The cost of living in Ecatepec de Morelos is 28% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6630th and 7630th ($832 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 126th and 134th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Ecatepec de Morelos compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Ecatepec de Morelos ranked 18th best city to live in Mexico vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 6030th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ecatepec de Morelos vs Quanzhou

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	Ecatepec de Morelos	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.59	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.62	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$407	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$637	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.2	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.2%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3015	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1696	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.02	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.56	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.52	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.2	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$350	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8193	$9745

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Cities near Ecatepec de Morelos

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Tultepec	$914
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
17 km or 10 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
18 km or 11 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
21 km or 13 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Mexico City	$1475
22 km or 14 mi	Zumpango	$932
23 km or 14 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
24 km or 15 mi	Naucalpan	$977
26 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
41 km or 25 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
67 km or 41 mi	Pachuca	$763
72 km or 45 mi	Toluca	$994
78 km or 49 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
81 km or 50 mi	Jiutepec	$897
88 km or 55 mi	Cuautla	$1034
100 km or 62 mi	Atlixco	$971
107 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
118 km or 73 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
130 km or 81 mi	Taxco	$973
132 km or 82 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
149 km or 92 mi	Iguala	$980
178 km or 110 mi	Queretaro	$1255
178 km or 111 mi	Teziutlan	$960
197 km or 122 mi	Poza Rica	$916
211 km or 131 mi	Celaya	$817
215 km or 134 mi	Tehuacan	$924
220 km or 137 mi	Coatepec	$852
221 km or 137 mi	Orizaba	$952
222 km or 138 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Xalapa	$673
225 km or 140 mi	Morelia	$935
228 km or 141 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
233 km or 145 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
236 km or 146 mi	Cordoba	$974
249 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
265 km or 165 mi	Ciudad Valles	$1003
268 km or 166 mi	Irapuato	$920

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954