Adelaide vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$694
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2019
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$459
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$88.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$847
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	50	67
😀 Quality of life	92	71
🏙️ Population	1.39M	10.5M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 239% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 1178th and 7308th ($2355 vs $694) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 67th 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 1.2 months in Dongguan. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Dongguan ranked 25th in China, while ranked 75th and 3241st 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	$15.8	$2.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$568
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$67
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$10.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$5717
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$3114
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$4.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$7.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$52.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$31.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$65.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$496
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$25442

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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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$785
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$995
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$627
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$638
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$873
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$678
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2396
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1734
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$801
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$777
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$858
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$954
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$793
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$908
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$766
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$600
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$828
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$778
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$473
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$682
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$474
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$612
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$739
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$802
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$797
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$758
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$751
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$705
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$714
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$528
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$648
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$602
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$601
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$620