Bridgetown vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bridgetown	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1336	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3092	$2063
🏠 One person rent	$600	$354
🏘️ Family rent	$923	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$59.6	$84.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1573	$829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	15	96
😀 Quality of life	57	74
🏙️ Population	98.5K	18.7M

The cost of living in Bridgetown is 71% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 4500th and 6835th ($1336 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 32nd in Barbados and China, respectively. Check Barbados vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bridgetown compared to 1.1 months in Guangzhou. Bridgetown ranked 1st best city to live in Barbados vs Guangzhou ranked 7th in China, while ranked 6197th and 2285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bridgetown vs Guangzhou

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	Bridgetown	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.45	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.7	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.97	$5.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$772	$532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$951
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$445
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$38.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.5	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3508	$8986
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3486	$3592
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.73	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.7	$20.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$4.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.58	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.92	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.12	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.18	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$8.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.01	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$5.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.02	$5.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.2	$60.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.93	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$9.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.2	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$71.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6536	$16938

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Cities near Bridgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Holetown	$1454
161 km or 100 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
164 km or 102 mi	Georgetown	$989
175 km or 109 mi	Kingstown	$995
180 km or 112 mi	Castries	$1170
230 km or 143 mi	Fort-de-France	$1812
244 km or 151 mi	Grenville	$1079
245 km or 152 mi	Scarborough	$1136
259 km or 161 mi	St. George's	$1078
310 km or 193 mi	Roseau	$1012
337 km or 210 mi	San Juan	$1232
339 km or 211 mi	Portsmouth	$1173
340 km or 211 mi	Port of Spain	$1284
347 km or 216 mi	Chaguanas	$1097
372 km or 231 mi	San Fernando	$1010
395 km or 245 mi	Basse-Terre	$1739
396 km or 246 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1732
404 km or 251 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1730
405 km or 251 mi	Le Moule	$1733
407 km or 253 mi	Les Abymes	$1717
411 km or 256 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1736
478 km or 297 mi	Carupano	$699
497 km or 309 mi	All Saints	$1166
507 km or 315 mi	St. John's	$1145
515 km or 320 mi	La Asuncion	$641
518 km or 322 mi	Porlamar	$610
522 km or 324 mi	Tucupita	$767
538 km or 335 mi	Maturin	$844
574 km or 357 mi	Basseterre	$1330
576 km or 358 mi	Cumana	$679
579 km or 360 mi	Cayon	$1332
622 km or 387 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$892
632 km or 393 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$703
641 km or 398 mi	Lecheria	$771
642 km or 399 mi	Upata	$788
643 km or 399 mi	Barcelona	$888
659 km or 410 mi	Philipsburg	$2884
667 km or 415 mi	Cantaura	$675
668 km or 415 mi	Anaco	$642
690 km or 429 mi	El Tigre	$741

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