Gold Coast vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$1049
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	49	49
😀 Quality of life	88	51
🏙️ Population	608K	7.1M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 229% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1278th and 6983rd ($2239 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 66th 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 Yantai. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 223rd and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Yantai

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	Gold Coast	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702