Indianapolis vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Indianapolis	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2405	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5527	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1478	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$2331	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	70	49
😀 Quality of life	89	71
🏙️ Population	888K	8.78M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 271% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1079th and 7630th ($2405 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 928th and 134th 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 1.8 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Indianapolis ranked 63rd best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 237th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.99	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1535	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1207	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2597	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1915	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2599	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1872	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.4	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.89	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.27	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1743	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24177	$9745

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2088
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1968
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2060
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2065
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2035
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$2018
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2045
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1860
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1974
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1706
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1813
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2100
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1722
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1508
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2006
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1868
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1913
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1877
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1575
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1913
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1967
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1984
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$2002
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1617
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1942
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2392
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1900
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1827
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2126
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1897
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1898
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1836
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1855
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1894
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1843
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1908

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954