Adelaide vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$1932
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$185
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$415
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$864
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	95
😀 Quality of life	93	70
🏙️ Population	1.3M	9.5M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 273% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 1267th and 7753rd ($2246 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 301st 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 1.4 months in Foshan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Foshan ranked 11th in China, while ranked 64th and 2359th 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	$17.1	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$41.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$4523
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$2043
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$5.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$2.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$69.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$7.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$3.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$549
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$24357

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$763
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$830
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$491
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$678
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$808
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$824
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$641
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1590
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2427
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$895
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$801
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$819
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$852
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$783
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$780
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1014
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$774
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$774
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$794
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$746
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$726
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$795
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$691
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$725
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$813
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$592
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$605
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$538
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$623
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$607
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$618
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$611
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$671
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$660