New York City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New York City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4051	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8925	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$2620	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$4454	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$807	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$399	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5777	$831
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	53
😀 Quality of life	97	50
🏙️ Population	8.8M	8.78M

The cost of living in New York City is 508% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5th and 7155th ($4051 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 142nd 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 1.4 months in New York City compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 13th and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Quanzhou

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	New York City	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.7	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.78	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.16	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2702	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2361	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5005	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3996	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.3	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.73%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$19111	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3215	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.88	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.1	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.97	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$144	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.8	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.4	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1717	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20585	$22902

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014