Moscow vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$730	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	54
😀 Quality of life	74	66
🏙️ Population	13.1M	8.78M

The cost of living in Moscow is 93% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4359th and 7256th ($1244 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th in Russia and China, respectively. Check Russia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 1187th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Quanzhou

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	Moscow	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$20567

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

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