Gold Coast vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	49	70
😀 Quality of life	89	71
🏙️ Population	608K	12.7M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 198% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1270th and 6778th ($2297 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 31st 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 1.5 months in Suzhou. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 255th and 3523rd 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	$18	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$15339

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2065
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1662
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1798
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1710
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1503
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1839
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1747
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2181
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1888
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1599
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2640
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2292
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1568
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1364
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1580
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1678
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2019
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1667
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1683
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1771
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1706
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610