Gold Coast vs Luoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Luoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$148
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$263
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$209
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$86.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$578
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	49	34
😀 Quality of life	88	40
🏙️ Population	608K	7.06M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 343% more expensive than in Luoyang. Cities ranked 1278th and 8612th ($2239 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 510th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.1 months in Luoyang. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Luoyang ranked 237th in China, while ranked 223rd and 6957th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Luoyang

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	Gold Coast	Luoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.36
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$4.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$184
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$1978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$1308
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$3.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$9.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$1.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$2.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$5.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$57.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$65.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$179
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$16348

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Luoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
33 km or 21 mi	Yanshi	$509
43 km or 27 mi	Mengzhou	$505
49 km or 31 mi	Jiyuan	$520
52 km or 32 mi	Gongyi	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Dengfeng	$529
66 km or 41 mi	Ruzhou	$538
67 km or 41 mi	Qinyang	$504
88 km or 55 mi	Xinmi	$528
90 km or 56 mi	Xingyang	$519
97 km or 60 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
100 km or 62 mi	Jincheng	$547
112 km or 69 mi	Yuzhou	$552
113 km or 70 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
113 km or 70 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
123 km or 76 mi	Xinzheng	$538
131 km or 81 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
133 km or 82 mi	Changge	$547
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
137 km or 85 mi	Yuncheng	$586
142 km or 88 mi	Lingbao	$559
143 km or 89 mi	Houma	$540
146 km or 91 mi	Xuchang	$586
151 km or 94 mi	Xinxiang	$575
153 km or 95 mi	Huixian	$551
170 km or 106 mi	Weihui	$571
176 km or 109 mi	Kaifeng	$545
179 km or 111 mi	Linfen	$569
181 km or 113 mi	Changzhi	$726
182 km or 113 mi	Wugang	$571
183 km or 113 mi	Yongji	$558
185 km or 115 mi	Nanyang	$632
188 km or 117 mi	Hejin	$554
189 km or 117 mi	Luohe	$591
201 km or 125 mi	Linzhou	$588
202 km or 126 mi	Hancheng	$558
208 km or 129 mi	Hebi	$625
219 km or 136 mi	Changyuan	$787
222 km or 138 mi	Dengzhou	$600
222 km or 138 mi	Huozhou	$543
234 km or 146 mi	Zhoukou	$580