Adelaide vs Changsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Changsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$622
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1669
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$365
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$70.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$1086
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	50	90
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	1.39M	10M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 279% more expensive than in Changsha. Cities ranked 1178th and 7795th ($2355 vs $622) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 196th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Changsha. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Changsha ranked 18th in China, while ranked 75th and 2894th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Changsha

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	Adelaide	Changsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$2.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$234
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$422
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$31.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$48.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	3.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$2530
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$2779
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$14.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$3.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$3.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$54.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$6.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$82
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$87.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$322
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$9728

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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 Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$518
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$586
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$589
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$571
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$609
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$589
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$608
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$569
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$610
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$583
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$602
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$518
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$556
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$565
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$605
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$600
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$535
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$592
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$600
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$638
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$632
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$648
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$619
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$623
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$570
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$571
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$739
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$556
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$624
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$658
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$542
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$657
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$691
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$593
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$649
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$554