Adelaide vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	49
😀 Quality of life	92	71
🏙️ Population	1.39M	8.78M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 263% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1178th and 7630th ($2355 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 134th 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 75th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$9745

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954