Gold Coast vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gold Coast	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2152	$742
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4849	$2255
🏠 One person rent	$1358	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2188	$834
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3845	$1117
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	49	97
😀 Quality of life	90	75
🏙️ Population	638K	18.7M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 190% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1408th and 6607th ($2152 vs $742) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 54th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.5 months in Guangzhou. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 120th and 955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Guangzhou

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	Gold Coast	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.4	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.77	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1302	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2323	$1120
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1888	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$37.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.6%	4.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11003	$10173
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8562	$4278
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.9	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.23	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.4	$27.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.4	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$43.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.5	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1760	$423
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11702	$18235

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2356
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1785
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1881
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1816
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1354
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1545
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1461
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1404
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$1998
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1903
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1691
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2741
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2348
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1610
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1463
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1430
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1723
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2604
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1669
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1249
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1462
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1716
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1693

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