Adelaide vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$665
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2017
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$415
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$86.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$799
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	18
😀 Quality of life	93	47
🏙️ Population	1.39M	6.49M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 252% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1210th and 7479th ($2338 vs $665) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 91st 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 Shangrao. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Shangrao ranked 204th in China, while ranked 73rd and 6989th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Shangrao

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	Adelaide	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$28.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$281
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$496
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$316
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$30.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$47.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	3.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$4424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$2203
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$5.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$5.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$7.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$40.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$6.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$30231

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$586
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$610
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$594
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$617
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$428
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$628
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$595
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$598
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$697
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$682
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$539
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$667
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$599
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$544
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$634
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$654
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$634
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$644
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$763
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$705
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$646
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$579
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$602
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$665
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$860
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$656
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$603
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$652
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$588
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$680
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$630
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$643
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$651
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$682
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$668
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$633