Hamilton vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hamilton	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2154	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4699	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1364	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$2194	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2803	$831
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	53
😀 Quality of life	88	50
🏙️ Population	569K	8.78M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 223% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1463rd and 7155th ($2154 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 142nd in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hamilton compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Hamilton ranked 20th best city to live in Canada vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 241st and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs Quanzhou

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	Hamilton	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.7	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.06	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1198	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1201	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2201	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1912	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17069	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4991	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.41	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.2	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.23	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.61	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.38	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.58	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.9	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.5	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22053	$22902

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2297
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2266
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1884
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2267
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2472
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$2086
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$2012
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$2127
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$1975
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2144
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$2095
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1762
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2575
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1885
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2332
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1543
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1971
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2618
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$1798
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2398
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1814
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2051
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2018
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2143
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2597
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$1873
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2041
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2029
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2009
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2007
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$1986
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$1964
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	London	$2040
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1598
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1999
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$1966
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$2038
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1865

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014