Quanzhou vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Quanzhou	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1442	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$296	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$400	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$176	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$78	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$889	$4008
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	99
😀 Quality of life	70	100
🏙️ Population	8.78M	5.45M

The cost of living in Quanzhou is 76% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7641st and 649th ($621 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 138th and 1st in China and Australia, respectively. Check China vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Quanzhou compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Quanzhou ranked 32nd best city to live in China vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 4086th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Quanzhou vs Sydney

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	Quanzhou	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.09	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.2	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.94	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$416	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.8	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.13%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2827	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1854	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.44	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.97	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.58	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.1	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.13	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$224	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9321	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710