Puebla vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Puebla	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2527	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$458	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$914	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$651	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	54
😀 Quality of life	53	66
🏙️ Population	1.43M	8.78M

The cost of living in Puebla is 52% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5623rd and 7256th ($981 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 118th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Puebla ranked 12th best city to live in Mexico vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 6026th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Puebla vs Quanzhou

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	Puebla	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.34	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.31	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.78	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$461	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$821	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.36%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$772	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$601	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.4	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.61	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.6	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.71	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.88	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.53	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9705	$20567

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699

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