Gold Coast vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gold Coast	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2530	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5679	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$1644	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$2706	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4225	$1068
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	99
😀 Quality of life	93	76
🏙️ Population	608K	24.9M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 121% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 852nd and 4880th ($2530 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 5th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.9 months in Shanghai. Gold Coast ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 68th and 1178th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Shanghai

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	Gold Coast	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.74	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2097	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2832	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2351	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8667	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5294	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.7	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.69	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.53	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.29	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.5	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.8	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2112	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9318	$27610

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2323
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1825
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1992
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1863
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1273
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1643
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1995
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1855
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2354
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2040
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1709
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2481
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1701
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1460
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1795
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2258
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1825
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$2015
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1905
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1915
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789