Adelaide vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$742
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$2255
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$834
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$1117
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	97
😀 Quality of life	92	75
🏙️ Population	1.3M	18.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 194% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1333rd and 6607th ($2180 vs $742) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 54th 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 1.5 months in Guangzhou. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 75th and 955th 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	$19.5	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$1120
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$37.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$10173
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$4278
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.81
🧅 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	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$27.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$43.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$423
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$18235

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$575
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$589
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$812
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$781
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$481
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$618
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$816
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1565
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$837
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$830
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2410
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$891
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$856
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$876
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$824
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$774
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1083
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$785
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$831
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$857
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$752
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$738
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$799
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$716
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$806
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$812
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$588
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$735
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$525
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$584
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$596
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$611
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$620