Adelaide vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$3221
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$359
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$949
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	50	70
😀 Quality of life	92	68
🏙️ Population	1.3M	12.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 114% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1333rd and 5170th ($2180 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 11th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 0.9 months in Suzhou. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 75th and 3722nd 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	$19.5	$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$4.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$22097

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1888
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1462
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1317
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1327
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1708
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1746
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1688
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1658
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1672
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2356
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1702
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1693
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1669
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1707
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1716
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1719
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1707
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2604
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1819
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1404
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1463
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1723
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1610
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1723
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1430
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1691
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1903
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2348
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2203
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2741
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$1998
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1461
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1354
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$771
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$731
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$687
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$731
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$699
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$688
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$707
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$651
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1190
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$713
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$682
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$675
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1074
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$694
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$763
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$682
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$831
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$625
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$625
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$679
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$755
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$645
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$631
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$720
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$703
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$789
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$677
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$740
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$696
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$652
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$690
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$898
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645