Adelaide vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$575
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$1875
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$156
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$353
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$967
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	95
😀 Quality of life	92	73
🏙️ Population	1.3M	9.5M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 279% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 1333rd and 7900th ($2180 vs $575) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 401st in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Foshan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Foshan ranked 9th in China, while ranked 75th and 1721st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Foshan

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	Adelaide	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.5	$3.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$27.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$5.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$87.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$487
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$37.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$57.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$5068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$2056
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$12.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$3.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$3.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$6.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$2.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$66.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$3.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$62.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$23979

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1888
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1462
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1317
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1327
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1708
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1746
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1688
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1658
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1672
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2356
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1702
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1693
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1669
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1707
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1716
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1719
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1707
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2604
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1819
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1404
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1463
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1723
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1610
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1723
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1430
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1691
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1903
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2348
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2203
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2741
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$1998
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1461
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1354
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$742
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$812
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$481
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$589
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$816
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$618
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1565
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$830
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$837
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2410
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$876
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$891
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$824
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$856
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$774
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$785
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1083
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$831
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$857
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$806
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$752
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$738
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$799
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$716
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$735
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$812
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$588
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$525
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$611
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$596
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$584
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$530
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$620
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$638