Adelaide vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	96
😀 Quality of life	94	80
🏙️ Population	1.39M	17.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 116% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1894th and 5950th ($1978 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 12th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 46th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$22267

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1669
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609