Adelaide vs Changhua - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Changhua
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2345
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$344
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$582
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$381
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$40.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$1603
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	50	83
😀 Quality of life	92	70
🏙️ Population	1.39M	220K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 169% more expensive than in Changhua. Cities ranked 1178th and 6404th ($2355 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 13th in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.8 months in Changhua. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Changhua ranked 12th in Taiwan, while ranked 75th and 3879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Changhua

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	Adelaide	Changhua
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$4.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$359
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$247
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$641
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$54
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$84.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	2.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$6888
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$5883
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$3.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$8.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$6.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$9.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$50
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$82.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$410
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$17992

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$942
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$868
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$884
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$687
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$904
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$921
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$889
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$989
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$938
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1123
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$792
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1248
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$844
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$979
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$643
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$673
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$648
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$892
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$679
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$672
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$689
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$640
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$612
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$474
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$717
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$473
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$774
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$682
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$600
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$617
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$687
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$686
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$677
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$684