Leon vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Leon	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$815	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1884	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$307	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$437	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$343	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.5	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$524	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	30	53
😀 Quality of life	41	70
🏙️ Population	1.58M	8.78M

The cost of living in Leon is 31% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6610th and 7641st ($815 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 116th and 138th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Leon compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Leon ranked 62nd best city to live in Mexico vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 7634th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leon vs Quanzhou

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	Leon	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.3	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.41	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$696	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$301	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.5	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.2	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.9	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.95%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1730	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1236	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.93	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.9	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.8	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.46	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.5	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$190	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2924	$9321

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Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$832
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$753
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$860
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$896
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$846
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$764
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$894
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$913
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$1030
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$1184
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$873
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$943
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1162
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$615
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$861
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$803
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$936
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$926
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$749
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$868
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$851
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$908
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$1058
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777

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