Castries vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Castries	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$742
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2674	$2255
🏠 One person rent	$458	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$820	$834
🍽️ Food expenses	$471	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.2	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1226	$1117
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	3	97
😀 Quality of life	40	75
🏙️ Population	70K	18.7M

The cost of living in Castries is 49% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 4701st and 6607th ($1108 vs $742) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 54th in Saint Lucia and China, respectively. Check Saint Lucia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Castries compared to 1.5 months in Guangzhou. Castries ranked 1st best city to live in Saint Lucia vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 7227th and 955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Castries vs Guangzhou

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	Castries	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.43	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.9	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$276	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$1120
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$613	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$37.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.54%	4.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1525	$10173
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1166	$4278
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.5	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.45	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.82	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.62	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.85	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.83	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.36	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.13	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.7	$27.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.3	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.6	$43.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$189	$423
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1840	$18235

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Cities near Castries

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Vieux Fort	$1191
66 km or 41 mi	Fort-de-France	$1571
83 km or 51 mi	Georgetown	$993
98 km or 61 mi	Kingstown	$1008
149 km or 93 mi	Roseau	$834
172 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1294
180 km or 112 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
181 km or 112 mi	Portsmouth	$1168
222 km or 138 mi	Grenville	$1069
234 km or 146 mi	St. George's	$1069
234 km or 146 mi	Basse-Terre	$1576
249 km or 155 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1570
250 km or 156 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1570
257 km or 160 mi	Les Abymes	$1561
259 km or 161 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1579
260 km or 162 mi	Le Moule	$1575
316 km or 196 mi	Scarborough	$1099
348 km or 216 mi	All Saints	$1074
357 km or 222 mi	St. John's	$1076
377 km or 234 mi	Port of Spain	$1218
378 km or 235 mi	San Juan	$1217
392 km or 244 mi	Chaguanas	$1053
410 km or 255 mi	Basseterre	$1212
415 km or 258 mi	Cayon	$1214
418 km or 260 mi	San Fernando	$898
445 km or 277 mi	Carupano	$710
456 km or 283 mi	La Asuncion	$666
461 km or 286 mi	Porlamar	$654
497 km or 309 mi	Philipsburg	$1857
526 km or 327 mi	Cumana	$686
532 km or 330 mi	Maturin	$838
563 km or 350 mi	Tucupita	$748
577 km or 358 mi	Saint Croix	$2446
578 km or 359 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$732
586 km or 364 mi	Lecheria	$769
590 km or 367 mi	Barcelona	$719
626 km or 389 mi	Road Town	$2309
635 km or 395 mi	Anaco	$608
640 km or 398 mi	Cantaura	$637
641 km or 399 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2185

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$575
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$589
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$812
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$781
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$481
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$618
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$816
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1565
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$837
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$830
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2410
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$891
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$856
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$876
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$824
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$774
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1083
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$785
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$831
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$857
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$752
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$738
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$799
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$716
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$806
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$812
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$588
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$735
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$525
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$584
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$596
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$611
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$620