Milwaukee vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Milwaukee	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4963	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1193	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$1867	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$579	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3947	$831
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	81	53
😀 Quality of life	89	50
🏙️ Population	577K	8.78M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 210% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1688th and 7155th ($2065 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1442nd and 142nd 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 1.9 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Milwaukee ranked 43rd best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 188th and 6224th 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	$16.7	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.6	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1303	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$967	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2324	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1695	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1439	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.59	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.7	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.3	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1808	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24309	$22902

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2044
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2042
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2032
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1977
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1955
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2022
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1991
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2015
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2014
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1962
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1818
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2011
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2008
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1997
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1967
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1904
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1968
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1943
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2291
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1834
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2267
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2285
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2295
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2276
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1811
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2309
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2202
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2407
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2069
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1878
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2158
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2289
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1772
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2343
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2331
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2376
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2393
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2357
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2392

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014