Peshawar vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$130	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$893
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	54
😀 Quality of life	40	66
🏙️ Population	1.97M	8.78M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 46% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 9093rd and 7256th ($346 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 118th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Peshawar compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 6958th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Quanzhou

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	Peshawar	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.33	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$20567

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596

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