Adelaide vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$2753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$6771
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$1851
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$3862
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$223
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$4007
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	50	100
😀 Quality of life	93	88
🏙️ Population	1.3M	7.41M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 18% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 1267th and 379th ($2246 vs $2753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st 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 1.5 months in Hong Kong. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 64th and 205th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Hong Kong

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	Adelaide	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$8.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$63
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$6.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$7.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$2262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$1530
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$4948
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$3273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$231
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$23.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$29105
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$18561
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$14.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$3.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$25.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$24.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$3.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.08
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$17.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$5.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$2.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$95
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$60.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$85.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$95.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$1053
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$22381

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2013
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1816
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1397
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1357
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1795
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1822
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1892
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1757
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1717
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2397
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1758
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1876
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1746
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1799
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1800
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1805
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1829
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2393
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1900
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1815
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1500
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1748
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1674
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1798
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1532
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1732
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1997
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2472
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2265
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2801
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2286
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1833
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1289
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$958
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$641
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1590
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$491
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$678
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$629
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$830
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$763
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$1014
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$602
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$824
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$801
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$808
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$839
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$895
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$726
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$852
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$592
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$795
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$819
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$783
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$774
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$774
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$780
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$813
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$746
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$794
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$713
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$807
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$671
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$725
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$821
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$538
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$623