Lisbon vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lisbon	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1738	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4010	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1101	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$1921	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$405	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1351	$831
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	53
😀 Quality of life	82	50
🏙️ Population	546K	8.78M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 161% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2758th and 7155th ($1738 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 142nd in Portugal and China, respectively. Check Portugal vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Lisbon compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Lisbon ranked 1st best city to live in Portugal vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 437th and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lisbon vs Quanzhou

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	Lisbon	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.76	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1300	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2473	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1564	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6911	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3548	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.48	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.72	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.6	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.8	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$595	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16143	$22902

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Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1694
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1385
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1401
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1460
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1418
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1293
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1332
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1618
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1460
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1453
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1491
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1408
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1471
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1534
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1834
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1412
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1357
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1202
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1266
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1348
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1312
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1350
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1323
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1314
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1321
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1301
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1425
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1237
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1256
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1624
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1206
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1351
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1275
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1213
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1249
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1228
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1221
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1235
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1162

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014