Islamabad vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$199	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$893
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	54
😀 Quality of life	49	66
🏙️ Population	1.01M	8.78M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 31% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8870th and 7256th ($442 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 118th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 6313th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Quanzhou

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	Islamabad	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$20567

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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