Quanzhou vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Quanzhou	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1442	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$296	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$400	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$176	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$78	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$889	$3556
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	83
😀 Quality of life	70	93
🏙️ Population	8.78M	633K

The cost of living in Quanzhou is 72% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 7641st and 1455th ($621 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 138th and 3rd in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Quanzhou compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Quanzhou ranked 32nd best city to live in China vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 4086th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Quanzhou vs Stuttgart

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	Quanzhou	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.09	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.2	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.94	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$416	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.8	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.13%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2827	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1854	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.44	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.97	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.58	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.1	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.13	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$224	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9321	$17949

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763