Adelaide vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$785
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2110
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$587
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$1288
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	96
😀 Quality of life	92	77
🏙️ Population	1.39M	18.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 200% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1178th and 6854th ($2355 vs $785) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 34th 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 1.6 months in Guangzhou. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Guangzhou ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 75th and 1149th 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	$15.8	$2.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$29.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$484
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$245
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$437
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$53.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$13.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	3.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$9091
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$3444
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$9.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$67.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$6.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$19408

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$627
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$694
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$873
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$801
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$548
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$678
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$858
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$995
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1734
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$638
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2396
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$777
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$793
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$908
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$828
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$766
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$954
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$778
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$802
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$797
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$739
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$600
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$682
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$473
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$751
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$758
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$474
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$612
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$714
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$528
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$648
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$601
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$620
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$602
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$705
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$711