Manchester vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Manchester	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2348	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5497	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1452	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$2508	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	49
😀 Quality of life	92	71
🏙️ Population	548K	8.78M

The cost of living in Manchester is 262% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1193rd and 7630th ($2348 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 134th 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 12th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 84th and 3354th 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	$20.3	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.4	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.78	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1619	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2982	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$280	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4975	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4650	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.2	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.01	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.3	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1414	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20557	$9745

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2043
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1975
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2025
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1993
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1689
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1784
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1987
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2022
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1742
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1832
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1682
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1885
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1890
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1501
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1961
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1827
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1694
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1733
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1774
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1847
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1808
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1853
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1559
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1942
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1948
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2035
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1860
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1831

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954