Hamburg City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	84	54
😀 Quality of life	94	66
🏙️ Population	1.91M	8.78M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 211% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1818th and 7256th ($2007 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 118th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 40th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Quanzhou

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	Hamburg City	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$20567

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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