Hamilton vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamilton	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2244	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4752	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$1423	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3156	$813
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	53
😀 Quality of life	89	53
🏙️ Population	569K	8.78M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 226% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1178th and 6882nd ($2244 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 102nd in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hamilton compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Hamilton ranked 11th best city to live in Canada vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 143rd and 6124th 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	$14.8	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1295	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1240	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2062	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.88%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16988	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.37	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.7	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.9	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.4	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.9	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.3	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1101	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21895	$19406

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2293
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2192
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1949
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2125
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2600
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$2114
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$2218
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$2128
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$2032
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2084
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$2217
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1734
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2576
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1862
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2390
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$2073
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2622
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$1821
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1879
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2358
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1816
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2194
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2072
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2082
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2578
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$1915
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2156
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2127
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2085
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2097
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2074
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2031
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1598
116 km or 72 mi	London	$2067
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1529
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1408
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2048
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$2004
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1738

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083