Monaco City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Monaco City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$6593	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10079	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$5638	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$6516	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$705	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.7	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6335	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	21	54
😀 Quality of life	63	66
🏙️ Population	38.4K	8.78M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 923% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2nd and 7256th ($6593 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 118th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 4590th and 4015th 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	$23.1	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.06	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5775	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5319	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6181	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6198	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.9	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$79784	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$66886	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.92	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.56	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.3	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.1	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.49	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.6	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$151	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2055	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$41744	$20567

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1364
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1673
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1650
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1362
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1707
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1344
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1074
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1203
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1512
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1338
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1308
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1470
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1209
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1424
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1568
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1293
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1571
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1401
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1389
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1202
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1496
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1348
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1478
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1162
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1434
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1503
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1338
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1271
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1157
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1328
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1474
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1280
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1495
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1576
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1334
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1371
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1310
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1496

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936