Adelaide vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$707
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$1809
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	50	93
😀 Quality of life	92	67
🏙️ Population	1.3M	9.37M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 208% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1333rd and 6756th ($2180 vs $707) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 82nd 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 1.3 months in Hefei. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Hefei ranked 28th in China, while ranked 75th and 3921st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.5	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$250
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$554
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$29.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$45.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$16.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$3876
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$2072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$42
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$4.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$41.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$8280

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$696
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$655
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$702
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$687
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$746
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$728
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$898
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$532
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$624
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$700
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$740
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$671
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$708
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$789
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$645
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$660
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$626
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$720
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$694
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$625
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$643
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$652
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$707
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$604
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$617
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$625
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$621
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$707
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$641
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$699
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$713
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$713
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$532
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$696