Guangzhou vs Montevideo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Guangzhou	Montevideo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$742	$1311
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2255	$3194
🏠 One person rent	$333	$558
🏘️ Family rent	$834	$943
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$475
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1117	$1269
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	97	48
😀 Quality of life	75	76
🏙️ Population	18.7M	1.32M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 43% less expensive than in Montevideo. Cities ranked 6607th and 4149th ($742 vs $1311) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 2nd in China and Uruguay, respectively. Check China vs Uruguay comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Guangzhou compared to 1 months in Montevideo. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Montevideo ranked 1st in Uruguay, while ranked 955th and 824th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Montevideo

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	Guangzhou	Montevideo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.17	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.8	$46.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$3.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$380	$578
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$409
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1120	$951
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$676	$745
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.2	$78.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$36
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.66%	7.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10173	$2918
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4278	$2297
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$49.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.87	$2.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$4.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.09
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$3.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$5.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.23	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.55	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$4.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.3	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$9.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.5	$98.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$423	$387
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18235	$7392

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$575
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$589
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$812
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$781
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$481
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$618
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$816
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1565
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$837
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$830
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2410
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$891
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$856
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$876
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$824
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$774
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1083
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$785
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$831
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$857
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$752
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$738
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$799
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$716
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$806
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$812
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$588
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$735
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$525
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$584
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$596
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$611
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$620

Cities near Montevideo

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Barros Blancos	$1187
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad de la Costa	$1186
85 km or 53 mi	Florida	$1123
102 km or 63 mi	Minas	$1186
110 km or 69 mi	Maldonado	$989
113 km or 70 mi	Punta del Este	$1672
155 km or 96 mi	Berisso	$491
163 km or 101 mi	La Plata	$465
168 km or 104 mi	Durazno	$1101
187 km or 116 mi	Berazategui	$679
189 km or 118 mi	Ezpeleta	$678
192 km or 120 mi	Quilmes	$705
194 km or 121 mi	Bernal	$661
197 km or 122 mi	San Francisco Solano	$598
197 km or 123 mi	Wilde	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Villa Dominico	$645
200 km or 124 mi	Monte Chingolo	$589
201 km or 125 mi	Burzaco	$558
201 km or 125 mi	Rafael Calzada	$540
202 km or 126 mi	Glew	$581
202 km or 126 mi	Florencio Varela	$559
203 km or 126 mi	Longchamps	$577
203 km or 126 mi	Temperley	$536
204 km or 127 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$547
205 km or 127 mi	Buenos Aires	$791
205 km or 127 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$608
205 km or 127 mi	Lanus	$657
210 km or 130 mi	Monte Grande	$579
214 km or 133 mi	Ciudad Madero	$643
214 km or 133 mi	Ezeiza	$597
216 km or 134 mi	Ciudad Evita	$624
217 km or 135 mi	Florida Este	$658
217 km or 135 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$648
217 km or 135 mi	La Tablada	$639
218 km or 135 mi	Caseros	$658
219 km or 136 mi	San Justo	$642
219 km or 136 mi	San Isidro	$683
221 km or 137 mi	Ramos Mejia	$650
221 km or 137 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$626
221 km or 138 mi	Isidro Casanova	$639