Guadalajara vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guadalajara	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2706	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$529	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$919	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$739	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	53
😀 Quality of life	63	70
🏙️ Population	1.46M	8.78M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 80% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4902nd and 7641st ($1120 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 138th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Guadalajara ranked 4th best city to live in Mexico vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 5577th and 4086th 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	$10.8	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.6	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.44	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1245	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$757	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.7	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.3	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.86%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2697	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2377	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.58	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.55	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.26	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$220	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10889	$9321

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1162
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$913
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$749
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$815
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$717
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1030
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$832
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$858
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$861
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$901
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$860
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1108
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$753
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$896
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$894
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$615
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$846
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$873
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$764
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$803
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1184
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$943
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$687
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$926
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1166

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