Jacksonville vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Jacksonville	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2192	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5144	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1279	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$2197	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$648	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3945	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	56	49
😀 Quality of life	87	71
🏙️ Population	950K	8.78M

The cost of living in Jacksonville is 238% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1499th and 7630th ($2192 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1231st 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 Jacksonville compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Jacksonville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 325th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Jacksonville	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.1	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.08	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1458	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1004	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2511	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1805	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.16%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2350	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2047	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.08	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.61	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.44	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.85	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.92	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.4	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1309	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11918	$9745

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Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2202
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2195
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2201
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2168
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2163
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2321
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2172
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2278
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1991
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2288
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2321
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2300
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2348
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2260
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2323
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2325
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1515
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2121
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2313
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2345
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2362
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2372
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2401
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2401
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2363
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2480
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2401
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2378
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2352
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2404
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2643
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2243
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2053
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2318
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2599
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2617
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2282
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2313
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2158
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1863

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