Maseru vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$219	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	16	54
😀 Quality of life	13	66
🏙️ Population	344K	8.78M

The cost of living in Maseru is 4% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 7441st and 7256th ($621 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th in Lesotho and China, respectively. Check Lesotho vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 9104th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs Quanzhou

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	Maseru	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$20567

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Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628

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