Berlin vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$2063
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$354
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$84.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$829
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	95	74
🏙️ Population	3.78M	18.7M

The cost of living in Berlin is 194% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1275th and 6835th ($2302 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 32nd in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 1.1 months in Guangzhou. Berlin ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Guangzhou ranked 7th in China, while ranked 35th and 2285th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/berlin/guangzhou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Berlin vs Guangzhou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/berlin/guangzhou" target="_blank">Berlin vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Berlin vs Guangzhou

Prices for goods and services in Berlin and Guangzhou are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Berlin	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$5.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$951
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$445
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$38.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$8986
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$3592
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$20.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$4.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$8.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$5.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$60.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$9.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$71.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$16938

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$666
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$848
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$795
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$534
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$674
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$844
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1718
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$621
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$832
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2415
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$765
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$807
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$896
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$816
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$760
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$943
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$769
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$790
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$789
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$730
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$589
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$673
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$464
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$738
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$814
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$465
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$602
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$699
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$533
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$638
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$587
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$608
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$609
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$698
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$694