Medellin vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Medellin	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$867	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2196	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$387	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$412	$813
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	67	53
😀 Quality of life	54	53
🏙️ Population	2.53M	8.78M

The cost of living in Medellin is 26% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6140th and 6882nd ($867 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 102nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 5994th and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Quanzhou

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	Medellin	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.65	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.9	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.44	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$819	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$629	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1728	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.5	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.3	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.37	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.1	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.26	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.3	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$217	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6416	$19406

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$812
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$778
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$727
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$649
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$639
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$639
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$567
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$551
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$525
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$433
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$645
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$416
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$724
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$624
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$883
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$493
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$511
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$633
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$617
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$649
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$612
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$597
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$552
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$648
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$530
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$720
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$612
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$536
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$582
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$594
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$507
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$708
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$595
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$593
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$589
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$592
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$455
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$617

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083