Adelaide vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$798
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$1351
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	50	65
😀 Quality of life	92	74
🏙️ Population	1.39M	12.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 195% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1178th and 6776th ($2355 vs $798) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 29th 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 1.7 months in Suzhou. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Suzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 75th and 2020th 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	$15.8	$4.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$172
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$314
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$92.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$2709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$4.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$22.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$8.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$82.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$1049
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$20341

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$678
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$708
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$680
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$658
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$663
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$581
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1147
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$636
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$643
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1030
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$657
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$651
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$725
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$659
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$667
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$899
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$623
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$627
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$664
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$693
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$644
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$623
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$661
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$620
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$691
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$660
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$693
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$644
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$571
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$635