Glasgow vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	94	53
😀 Quality of life	95	70
🏙️ Population	626K	8.78M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 231% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1833rd and 7641st ($2058 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 138th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 52nd and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Quanzhou

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	Glasgow	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$9321

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941