Guadalajara vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Guadalajara	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1222	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2949	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$575	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$998	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$435	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$795	$771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	49
😀 Quality of life	63	71
🏙️ Population	1.39M	8.78M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 89% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4703rd and 7630th ($1222 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 134th 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Guadalajara ranked 4th best city to live in Mexico vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 5440th and 3354th 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	$13.3	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.87	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$783	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$447	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1440	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.63%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3299	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.96	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.62	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.33	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$272	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11283	$9745

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$775
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1349
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$993
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$937
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$984
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1161
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$814
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1008
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$969
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$869
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$760
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1005
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$895
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1420
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$941
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$932
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$968
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$959
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$920
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1211
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$874
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$962
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$961
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$660
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$905
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$935
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$817
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$864
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1124
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1255
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$902
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1069
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$909
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$764
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$994
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1085

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954