Marseille vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Marseille	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1571	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$718	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1250	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$548	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2090	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	54
😀 Quality of life	84	66
🏙️ Population	877K	8.78M

The cost of living in Marseille is 144% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 3148th and 7256th ($1571 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 118th in France and China, respectively. Check France vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Marseille compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Marseille ranked 9th best city to live in France vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 400th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Marseille vs Quanzhou

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	Marseille	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$725	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$559	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1224	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1036	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.2	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5047	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3002	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.7	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.6	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.66	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.4	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.4	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$745	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9082	$20567

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Cities near Marseille

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1568
44 km or 27 mi	Miramas	$1496
49 km or 30 mi	Toulon	$1308
68 km or 42 mi	Manosque	$1338
86 km or 53 mi	Avignon	$1338
102 km or 63 mi	Nimes	$1231
126 km or 78 mi	Montpellier	$1472
136 km or 84 mi	Cannes	$1707
144 km or 90 mi	Antibes	$1650
159 km or 99 mi	Nice	$1673
172 km or 107 mi	Monaco City	$6593
172 km or 107 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
175 km or 109 mi	Beziers	$1233
179 km or 111 mi	Menton	$1364
186 km or 116 mi	Valence	$1182
188 km or 117 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
193 km or 120 mi	Narbonne	$1093
202 km or 125 mi	Sanremo	$1362
212 km or 132 mi	Grenoble	$1434
212 km or 132 mi	Cuneo	$1074
213 km or 132 mi	Perpignan	$1197
224 km or 139 mi	Imperia	$1344
229 km or 142 mi	Figueres	$1338
230 km or 143 mi	Mondovi	$1203
250 km or 155 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
253 km or 157 mi	Rodez	$1361
255 km or 159 mi	Girona	$1539
255 km or 159 mi	Castres	$1391
256 km or 159 mi	Chambery	$1310
269 km or 167 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
270 km or 168 mi	Turin	$1424
273 km or 170 mi	Savona	$1512
274 km or 170 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
277 km or 172 mi	Lyon	$1570
277 km or 172 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
288 km or 179 mi	Asti	$1209
295 km or 184 mi	Annecy	$1522
297 km or 185 mi	Vic	$1076
310 km or 192 mi	Mataro	$1428
311 km or 193 mi	Genoa	$1470

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936