Guadalajara vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Guadalajara	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1241	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2983	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$607	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$1060	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$416	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$750	$759
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	49
😀 Quality of life	62	71
🏙️ Population	1.39M	8.78M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 96% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4689th and 7679th ($1241 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 137th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 5768th and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Quanzhou

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	Guadalajara	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$776	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.2	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.5	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3091	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2058	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.5	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.93	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.3	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.5	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11768	$9536

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102

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