Kingstown vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kingstown	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1000	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2468	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$370	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$455	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$615	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	4	54
😀 Quality of life	26	66
🏙️ Population	13.9K	8.78M

The cost of living in Kingstown is 55% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5500th and 7256th ($1000 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 118th in Saint Vincent and China, respectively. Check Saint Vincent vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingstown compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Kingstown ranked 2nd best city to live in Saint Vincent vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 8510th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingstown vs Quanzhou

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	Kingstown	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.63	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.79	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.9	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.98%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$600	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$601	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.2	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.87	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.34	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.22	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.43	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.64	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.79	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$184	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7119	$20567

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Cities near Kingstown

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Georgetown	$1007
69 km or 43 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
98 km or 61 mi	Castries	$1161
124 km or 77 mi	Grenville	$1070
136 km or 85 mi	St. George's	$1062
160 km or 100 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
173 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1418
175 km or 109 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
227 km or 141 mi	Scarborough	$1084
238 km or 148 mi	Roseau	$1015
269 km or 167 mi	Portsmouth	$1123
280 km or 174 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
281 km or 175 mi	San Juan	$1178
296 km or 184 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
319 km or 198 mi	Basse-Terre	$1508
322 km or 200 mi	San Fernando	$953
339 km or 210 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1497
341 km or 212 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1505
346 km or 215 mi	Les Abymes	$1489
347 km or 216 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1501
352 km or 219 mi	Le Moule	$1499
353 km or 219 mi	Carupano	$737
372 km or 231 mi	La Asuncion	$695
376 km or 234 mi	Porlamar	$684
436 km or 271 mi	Maturin	$890
436 km or 271 mi	All Saints	$1037
440 km or 273 mi	Cumana	$716
445 km or 276 mi	St. John's	$1039
465 km or 289 mi	Tucupita	$777
487 km or 302 mi	Basseterre	$1373
492 km or 306 mi	Cayon	$1377
493 km or 306 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Lecheria	$837
505 km or 314 mi	Barcelona	$858
545 km or 338 mi	Anaco	$639
548 km or 341 mi	Cantaura	$674
557 km or 346 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
574 km or 357 mi	Philipsburg	$1968
579 km or 360 mi	El Tigre	$746
587 km or 365 mi	Upata	$789

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