Adelaide vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2298
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$90.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$882
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	91
😀 Quality of life	94	72
🏙️ Population	1.39M	11.9M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 156% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 1686th and 6563rd ($2117 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 20th 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 1.1 months in Hangzhou. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Hangzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 65th and 2980th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Hangzhou

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	Adelaide	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$55.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$7830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$4289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$6.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$28925

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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 Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753