Adelaide vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$1771
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$388
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$780
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	93
😀 Quality of life	93	72
🏙️ Population	1.39M	9.5M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 283% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 1210th and 7844th ($2338 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 183rd 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 1.3 months in Foshan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Foshan ranked 14th in China, while ranked 73rd and 3253rd 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	$15.9	$3.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$259
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$141
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$50
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$77.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	3.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$4193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$1783
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$5.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$69.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$59.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$22493

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$782
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$848
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$534
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$666
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$795
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$844
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$674
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1718
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$832
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$621
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2415
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$896
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$765
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$816
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$807
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$760
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$769
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$943
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$790
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$789
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$738
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$730
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$589
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$673
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$464
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$699
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$814
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$465
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$602
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$533
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$608
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$587
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$638
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$609
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$694
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$664