Milwaukee vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Milwaukee	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2088	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5072	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1201	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3838	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	81	49
😀 Quality of life	89	71
🏙️ Population	577K	8.78M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 222% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1786th and 7630th ($2088 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1421st and 134th 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Milwaukee ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 224th and 3354th 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	$16.8	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5.05	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1419	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1521	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.16%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2602	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1709	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.9	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.55	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.6	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1817	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24100	$9745

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1923
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1949
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1927
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1993
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1934
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2000
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1979
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$1993
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1990
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1930
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1746
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1996
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2058
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2065
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1946
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2039
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2097
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1950
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2344
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1771
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2382
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2389
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2443
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2364
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1825
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2407
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2434
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2418
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2162
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1813
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2249
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2428
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1796
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2555
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2418
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2410
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2559
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2453
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2400

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954