El Paso vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$980	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	54
😀 Quality of life	79	66
🏙️ Population	679K	8.78M

The cost of living in El Paso is 181% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2363rd and 7256th ($1813 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st 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 1.8 months in El Paso compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 633rd and 4015th 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	$18.9	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$20567

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

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