Milwaukee vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Milwaukee	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2046	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5001	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1179	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$1923	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$577	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3707	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	53
😀 Quality of life	91	70
🏙️ Population	577K	8.78M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 229% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1864th and 7641st ($2046 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1525th and 138th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 195th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Quanzhou

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	Milwaukee	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.2	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.96	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1315	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2336	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1953	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1705	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.09	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.55	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1808	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23971	$9321

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1915
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1973
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1915
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1915
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1904
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$1973
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1943
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1948
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$1966
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1964
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1973
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2032
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1941
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2030
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2089
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1957
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2381
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1826
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2355
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2368
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2375
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2340
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1763
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2368
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2394
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2434
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2119
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1849
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2220
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2373
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2528
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2392
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2412
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2508
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2426
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2399

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