Indianapolis vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	70	53
😀 Quality of life	91	70
🏙️ Population	888K	8.78M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 284% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1089th and 7641st ($2382 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 138th 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 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 186th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$9321

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941