Manchester vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Manchester	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2365	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5609	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$1445	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$2498	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3421	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	49
😀 Quality of life	93	71
🏙️ Population	548K	8.78M

The cost of living in Manchester is 273% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1156th and 7679th ($2365 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 137th 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 9th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 78th and 3611th 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	$19.7	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.2	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.56	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1148	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2808	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2033	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4797	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4525	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.8	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.89	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1658	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21096	$9536

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943