Denver vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Denver	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2717	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6307	$2226
🏠 One person rent	$1692	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2963	$830
🍽️ Food expenses	$666	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$79
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$1294
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	91	97
😀 Quality of life	90	75
🏙️ Population	716K	18.7M

The cost of living in Denver is 251% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 463rd and 6548th ($2717 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 418th and 31st in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Denver compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Denver ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 158th and 1055th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Denver vs Guangzhou

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	Denver	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$3.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1812	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$1183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$655
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$37.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.4	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4595	$10125
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3621	$4029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.81	$2.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$20.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.91	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.8	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$70
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1528	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16279	$14511

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2381
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2495
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2577
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2618
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2432
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2315
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2674
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2784
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2525
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2958
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2568
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2661
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2509
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2624
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2661
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2451
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2001
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2373
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2425
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1892
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1642
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2396
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1711
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1854
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2211
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2623
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1706
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1768

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650