Gold Coast vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$763
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$2294
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$850
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$76.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$1294
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	49	97
😀 Quality of life	88	75
🏙️ Population	608K	18.7M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 201% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1120th and 6602nd ($2300 vs $763) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 49th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 209th and 1036th 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	$13.9	$3.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$457
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$1125
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$10222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$4345
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$15.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$4.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$26.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$28.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$35.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$15919

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671