Adelaide vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1126
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$3097
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$600
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$1068
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$879
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	99
😀 Quality of life	93	75
🏙️ Population	1.39M	24.9M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 108% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 1210th and 4971st ($2338 vs $1126) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 73rd and 1655th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Shanghai

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	Adelaide	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$36.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$803
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$1462
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$37.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$58.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	3.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$14215
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$7113
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$6.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$3.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$6.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$61.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$7.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$94.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$50.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$1114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$27781

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1002
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$669
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$782
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$594
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$620
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$644
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$557
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$683
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$643
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$650
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$584
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$671
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$636
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$680
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$684
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$623
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$646
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$860
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$647
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$652
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$611
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$652
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$604
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$675
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$678
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$626
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$644
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$677
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$601
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$665
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$632
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$765