Gold Coast vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1842
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$940
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	89
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	608K	13.9M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 256% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 1270th and 7452nd ($2297 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 98th 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 Tianjin. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Tianjin ranked 9th in China, while ranked 255th and 2435th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Tianjin

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	Gold Coast	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$390
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$46.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$7.05
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$5873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$2154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$8.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$5.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$14.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$57
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$77.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$18657

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$641
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$707
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$619
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$750
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$688
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$565
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1029
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$558
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$564
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$660
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$614
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$456
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$580
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$616
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$533
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$505
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$574
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$454
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$741
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$654
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$523
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$527
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$499
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$535
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$615
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$544
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$550
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$562
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$573