Quanzhou vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Quanzhou	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1442	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$296	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$400	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$176	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$78	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$889	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	66
😀 Quality of life	70	88
🏙️ Population	8.78M	1.25M

The cost of living in Quanzhou is 56% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7641st and 4204th ($621 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 138th and 6th in China and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check China vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Quanzhou compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Quanzhou ranked 32nd best city to live in China vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4086th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Quanzhou vs Sharjah

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	Quanzhou	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.09	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.2	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.94	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$416	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.8	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.13%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2827	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1854	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.44	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.97	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.58	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.1	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.13	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$224	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9321	$6883

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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

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483