Port Vila vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Vila	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1884	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4044	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1157	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$1891	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.3	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$232	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	1	53
😀 Quality of life	38	70
🏙️ Population	49K	8.78M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 203% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2383rd and 7641st ($1884 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 138th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 7974th and 4086th 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	$10.8	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.9	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1355	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$889	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2429	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1495	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.8	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$110	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3691	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2257	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.43	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.7	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.59	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.26	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.23	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.19	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.07	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.79	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$607	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6627	$9321

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$1882
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1811
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1807
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1878
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$997
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$596
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$836
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$818
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1419
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1417
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$684
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$683
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1022
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1710
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1798
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1503
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2140
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2065
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$733
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1662
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1250
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$751
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$753
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$533
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1184
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$1961
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1716
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1678
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1499

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941