Adelaide vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$322
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	97
😀 Quality of life	94	75
🏙️ Population	1.39M	18.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 179% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1686th and 6838th ($2117 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 36th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 1 months in Guangzhou. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 65th and 2100th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Guangzhou

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	Adelaide	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$9090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$3370
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$8.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$14783

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677