New Orleans vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New Orleans	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2113	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5144	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$1222	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$2206	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.5	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3605	$813
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	86	53
😀 Quality of life	87	53
🏙️ Population	384K	8.78M

The cost of living in New Orleans is 207% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1525th and 6882nd ($2113 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1352nd and 102nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. New Orleans ranked 49th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 216th and 6124th 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	$18.2	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.1	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.86	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1463	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$930	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2642	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.4	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2567	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2150	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.8	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.85	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.37	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.43	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.2	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10224	$19406

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Cities near New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2054
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$1975
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1801
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$1887
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1864
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1539
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$1967
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2039
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2040
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1726
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1784
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2043
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1930
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1791
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1921
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1740
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1634
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1938
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1992
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1739
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1741
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2083
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2242
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1944
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2023
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1767
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2057
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2044
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2079
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2058
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$1941
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1915
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$1975
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$2027
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1649
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1764
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1879
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1791
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1694
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$2030

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083