Adelaide vs Beijing - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Beijing
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1029
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2645
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$589
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$1040
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$98
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$658
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	100
😀 Quality of life	94	73
🏙️ Population	1.39M	21.9M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 106% more expensive than in Beijing. Cities ranked 1686th and 5355th ($2117 vs $1029) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 6th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.6 months in Beijing. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Beijing ranked 11th in China, while ranked 65th and 2546th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Beijing

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	Adelaide	Beijing
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$469
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$1549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$839
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$46.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$14720
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$6180
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$31.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$4.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$3.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$4.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$59.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$8.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$78.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$713
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$22823

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$707
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$750
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$646
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$565
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$660
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$641
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$688
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$558
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$694
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$638
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$619
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$533
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$574
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$614
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$564
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$505
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$535
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$615
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$527
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$523
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$454
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$580
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$748
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$499
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$480
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$642
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$654
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$601
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$550
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$629
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$741