Medellin vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$408	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	54
😀 Quality of life	53	66
🏙️ Population	2.53M	8.78M

The cost of living in Medellin is 41% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6005th and 7256th ($906 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 118th in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 6049th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Medellin vs Quanzhou infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/medellin/quanzhou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Medellin vs Quanzhou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/medellin/quanzhou" target="_blank">Medellin vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Medellin vs Quanzhou

Prices for goods and services in Medellin and Quanzhou are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Medellin	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$20567

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

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