Adelaide vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1935
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$470
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$67
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$1162
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	81
😀 Quality of life	92	74
🏙️ Population	1.39M	13.9M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 245% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 1178th and 7400th ($2355 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 83rd 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 Tianjin. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 75th and 2024th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Tianjin

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	Adelaide	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$23.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$294
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$206
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$528
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$40.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$62.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$7.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$5320
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$2347
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$9.85
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$18.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$3.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$5.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$16.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$7.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$60.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$3.49
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$37.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$577
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$16559

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$672
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$740
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$666
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$645
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$800
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$623
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$720
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1108
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$764
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$666
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$576
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$574
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$697
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$480
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$599
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$648
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$541
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$525
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$511
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$556
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$480
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$759
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$722
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$668
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$589
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$541
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$541
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$541
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$646
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$549
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$579
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$582
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$521
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$680
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$576
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$546