Manchester vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$813
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	53
😀 Quality of life	91	53
🏙️ Population	548K	8.78M

The cost of living in Manchester is 190% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1798th and 6882nd ($1998 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 102nd in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 110th and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Quanzhou

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	Manchester	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$19406

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083