Paris vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Paris	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2357	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5959	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1338	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$2858	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$261	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3414	$831
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	99	53
😀 Quality of life	95	50
🏙️ Population	2.15M	8.78M

The cost of living in Paris is 254% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 998th and 7155th ($2357 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 142nd in France and China, respectively. Check France vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 22nd and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Quanzhou

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	Paris	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.18	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.16	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1077	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3334	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2404	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$237	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13808	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9821	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.38	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.9	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.3	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.3	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18941	$22902

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395

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