Adelaide vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$2035
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$257
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$542
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$738
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	50	69
😀 Quality of life	93	69
🏙️ Population	1.3M	10.5M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 231% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 1267th and 7055th ($2246 vs $678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 115th 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 1.1 months in Dongguan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Dongguan ranked 18th in China, while ranked 64th and 3115th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Dongguan

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	Adelaide	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$22.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$685
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$5799
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$25.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$6.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$50.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$67.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$463
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$21927

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2013
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1816
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1397
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1357
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1795
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1822
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1892
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1757
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1717
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2397
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1758
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1876
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1746
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1799
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1800
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1805
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1829
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2393
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1900
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1815
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1500
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1748
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1674
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1798
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1532
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1732
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1997
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2472
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2265
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2801
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2286
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1833
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1289
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623