Adelaide vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2063
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$354
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$84.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	96
😀 Quality of life	93	74
🏙️ Population	1.39M	18.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 199% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1210th and 6835th ($2338 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 32nd 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 1.1 months in Guangzhou. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Guangzhou ranked 7th in China, while ranked 73rd and 2285th 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	$15.9	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$951
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$445
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$38.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$8986
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$3592
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$20.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$4.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$8.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$5.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$60.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$71.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$16938

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$666
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$848
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$795
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$534
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$674
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$844
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1718
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$621
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$832
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2415
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$765
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$807
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$896
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$816
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$760
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$943
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$769
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$790
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$789
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$730
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$589
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$673
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$464
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$738
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$814
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$465
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$602
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$699
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$533
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$638
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$587
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$608
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$609
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$698
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$694