Adelaide vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Adelaide	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2112	$761
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4473	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$331
🏘️ Family rent	$1884	$583
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3332	$1249
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	97
😀 Quality of life	94	76
🏙️ Population	1.39M	18.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 178% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1700th and 6838th ($2112 vs $761) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th 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 5th best city to live in Australia vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 56th and 1232nd 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	$2.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$22.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.06	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.5	$3.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1335	$444
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1926	$785
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1581	$447
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$37.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$57
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.2	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	4.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7445	$9539
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4891	$3858
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$25.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$4.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.47	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.2	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.23	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$41.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$6.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$9.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$40.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$69.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$873	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7372	$16109

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1900
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1766
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1759
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1690
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1341
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1421
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1739
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1759
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2043
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1683
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1671
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1705
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2297
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1688
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1724
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1659
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1712
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1656
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1701
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1710
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1806
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1479
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2049
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1758
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1507
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1654
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1578
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1703
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1457
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1617
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1879
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2313
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2146
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2619
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2160
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1829
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1187
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1613

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$664
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$818
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$789
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$514
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$661
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$825
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$906
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1715
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$820
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2403
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2613
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$762
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$813
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$884
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$756
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$929
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$763
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$772
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$733
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$575
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$450
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$732
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$667
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$588
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$690
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$540
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$615
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$577
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$600
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$598
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$654
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$694