New Orleans vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Orleans	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5396	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1281	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2321	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$685	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$82	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3816	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	85	54
😀 Quality of life	87	66
🏙️ Population	384K	8.78M

The cost of living in New Orleans is 245% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1304th and 7256th ($2222 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1179th and 118th 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 1.7 months in New Orleans compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. New Orleans ranked 67th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 264th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Orleans vs Quanzhou

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	New Orleans	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$98.3	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.5	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.27	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1460	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$987	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2636	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1899	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2090	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.9	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.32	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.78	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.2	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.4	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.4	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$142	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.3	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1564	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10189	$20567

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Cities near New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2114
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$1974
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1726
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$2003
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1767
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1583
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$2174
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2050
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2015
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1781
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1828
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2119
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1709
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1807
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1941
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1895
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1825
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1868
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1894
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1874
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2083
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2252
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1954
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2046
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1772
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2072
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2037
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2092
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2213
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$2020
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$2037
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$1979
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1581
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1923
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1805
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1673
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$1989

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