Adelaide vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2291
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$983
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	50	65
😀 Quality of life	93	72
🏙️ Population	1.39M	12.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 199% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1210th and 6833rd ($2338 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 31st 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Suzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 73rd and 3150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Suzhou

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	Adelaide	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$89.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$6055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$21.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$3.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$17664

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$644
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$683
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$669
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$594
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$650
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$684
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$557
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$623
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$620
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$636
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1002
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$652
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$646
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$652
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$860
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$604
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$647
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$680
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$675
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$626
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$618
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$644
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$601
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$678
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$671
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$765
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$677
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$632
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$584
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$680
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$623