Hiroshima vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hiroshima	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1003	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2465	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$407	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$709	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$363	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1735	$831
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	53
😀 Quality of life	68	50
🏙️ Population	1.2M	8.78M

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 51% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5674th and 7155th ($1003 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 664th and 142nd in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hiroshima compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Hiroshima ranked 446th best city to live in Japan vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 3185th and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hiroshima vs Quanzhou

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	Hiroshima	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.54	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.42	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.14	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$432	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$767	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$498	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.4	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.51%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6276	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3477	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.1	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.69	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.15	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.44	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.04	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.44	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.4	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.4	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$178	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7209	$22902

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Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$936
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$954
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$944
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$970
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$981
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$986
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$1017
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$1040
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$978
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$975
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$988
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$984
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$999
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$968
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$981
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$968
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$1063
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$952
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$960
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$942
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$993
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$988
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$996
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$986
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$954
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$999
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$997
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$987
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$1018
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$1021
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$882
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$1009
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$818
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$962
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$905
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$997
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$995
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$983

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