Guadalajara vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guadalajara	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1017	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2509	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$480	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$652	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	54
😀 Quality of life	57	66
🏙️ Population	1.46M	8.78M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 58% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5385th and 7256th ($1017 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 118th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 5625th and 4015th 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	$9.83	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.35	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$573	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1233	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$791	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2393	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1599	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.6	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.4	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$161	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5853	$20567

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214

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