Port Vila vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Vila	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2036	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4465	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1277	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$2221	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$602	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.3	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$234	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	1	49
😀 Quality of life	50	71
🏙️ Population	49K	8.78M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 214% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1927th and 7630th ($2036 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 134th in Vanuatu and China, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Port Vila compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 6693rd and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Quanzhou

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	Port Vila	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.7	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.24	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1426	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2610	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$115	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.07%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4923	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2243	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.27	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.76	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.33	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.4	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$621	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6882	$9745

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$2020
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1844
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1851
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1911
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$1095
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$680
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$891
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$910
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1502
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1491
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$714
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$714
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1032
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1033
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1863
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1992
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1643
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2341
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2323
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$788
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1825
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1239
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$790
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$789
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1745
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$526
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1273
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$2100
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1752
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1553
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1530

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954