Gold Coast vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$1044
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	49	70
😀 Quality of life	88	67
🏙️ Population	608K	12.7M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 125% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1120th and 5553rd ($2300 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 9th 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 months in Suzhou. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 209th and 3798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Suzhou

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	Gold Coast	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$26560

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645