New York City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	54
😀 Quality of life	95	66
🏙️ Population	8.8M	8.78M

The cost of living in New York City is 589% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 3rd and 7256th ($4441 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.2 months in New York City compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 22nd and 4015th 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	$29.7	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$20567

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

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