Gold Coast vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$790
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$2094
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$87.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$563
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	49	38
😀 Quality of life	89	48
🏙️ Population	608K	6.98M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 191% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 1270th and 6706th ($2297 vs $790) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 26th 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 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Zhanjiang ranked 170th in China, while ranked 255th and 6786th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Zhanjiang

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	Gold Coast	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$5.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$443
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$565
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$52.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$9.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$4390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$2662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$4.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$5.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$32.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$39.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$16727

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$773
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$780
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$677
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$726
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$590
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$693
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$816
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$827
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$809
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$552
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$829
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$551
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$518
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$758
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$568
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1746
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$589
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$559
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$662
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$574
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$766
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$777
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$562
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$662
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$878
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2414
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$558
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$556
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$765
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$570
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$558
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$546
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$574