Kathmandu vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$131	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$893
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	28	54
😀 Quality of life	46	66
🏙️ Population	846K	8.78M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 35% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8918th and 7256th ($419 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th in Nepal and China, respectively. Check Nepal vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 6495th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Quanzhou

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	Kathmandu	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$20567

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

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