El Paso vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	El Paso	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4149	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$1739	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$595	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	34	49
😀 Quality of life	85	71
🏙️ Population	679K	8.78M

The cost of living in El Paso is 189% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2753rd and 7679th ($1828 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1911th and 137th 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 El Paso compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. El Paso ranked 154th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 472nd and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Quanzhou

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	El Paso	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.6	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$817	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1466	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.5	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1787	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.49	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.9	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.18	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.3	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6914	$9536

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1876
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1928
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1924
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1008
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2026
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1055
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2231
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$953
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2045
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1930
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2110
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1724
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$776
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2089
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2190
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2220
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1934
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2140
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2444
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2023
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2418
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2381
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2396
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943