Monaco City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Monaco City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$7861	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10082	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$6825	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$6182	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$768	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$8072	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	21	49
😀 Quality of life	66	71
🏙️ Population	38.4K	8.78M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 1141% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1st and 7679th ($7861 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th in Monaco and China, respectively. Check Monaco vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Monaco City compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 5110th and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Quanzhou

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	Monaco City	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.4	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.41	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.02	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7561	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$6344	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$7042	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5552	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.28%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$84253	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$62621	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.3	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.94	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.61	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.1	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.63	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.5	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$12	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$6.03	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.6	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.5	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.6	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2320	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$47079	$9536

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$4626
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1516
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1934
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1627
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1945
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1556
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1968
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1490
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1294
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1375
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1660
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1479
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1545
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1649
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1342
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1652
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1788
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1354
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1780
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1471
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1602
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1338
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1824
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1618
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1566
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1275
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1581
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1769
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1542
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1458
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1290
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1445
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1694
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1425
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1680
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1778
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1606
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1659
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1392
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1803

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943