Brisbane vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$322
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	66	97
😀 Quality of life	98	75
🏙️ Population	2.71M	18.7M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 173% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1813th and 6838th ($2065 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 36th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1 months in Guangzhou. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 9th and 2100th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Guangzhou

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	Brisbane	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$9090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$3370
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$5.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$6.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$14783

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677