Manchester vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	53
😀 Quality of life	93	70
🏙️ Population	548K	8.78M

The cost of living in Manchester is 265% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1330th and 7641st ($2265 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 138th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 107th and 4086th 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	$17.3	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$9321

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804

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