Gold Coast vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$2113
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$725
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$75.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$549
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	49	37
😀 Quality of life	88	43
🏙️ Population	608K	6.98M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 193% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 1278th and 6602nd ($2239 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 34th 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 6th best city to live in Australia vs Zhanjiang ranked 161st in China, while ranked 223rd and 6725th 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	$19	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$9.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$5384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$4.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$5.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$18959

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$756
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$650
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$642
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$771
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$877
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$592
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$702
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$823
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$812
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$803
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$549
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$804
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$461
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$763
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$564
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1588
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$611
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$582
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$653
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$579
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$758
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$794
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$591
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$656
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$916
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2432
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$554
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$513
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$755
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$522
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$575