Indianapolis vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	71	54
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	888K	8.78M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 240% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1378th and 7256th ($2189 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 118th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 191st and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Quanzhou

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	Indianapolis	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$20567

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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