Perth vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Perth	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2448	$575
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$1749
🏠 One person rent	$1473	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$2303	$356
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$63.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4181	$835
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	74
😀 Quality of life	96	70
🏙️ Population	2.14M	9.07M

The cost of living in Perth is 325% more expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 978th and 8176th ($2448 vs $575) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 313th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.5 months in Shenyang. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Shenyang ranked 29th in China, while ranked 10th and 3872nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/perth/shenyang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Perth vs Shenyang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/perth/shenyang" target="_blank">Perth vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Perth vs Shenyang

Prices for goods and services in Perth and Shenyang are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Perth	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$21.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.55	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1621	$211
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2691	$372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$35.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$54.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$14.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	4.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$2226
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4935	$1276
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$3.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$3.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.62	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$3.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$21.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$5.66
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$21.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$42.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2141	$481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15409	$25508

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$483
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$522
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$545
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$536
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$454
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$507
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$534
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$447
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$537
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$504
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$562
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$523
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$543
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$540
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$560
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$536
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$534
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$544
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$590
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1574
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$477
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$568
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$562
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$534
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$559
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$514
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$542
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$599
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$540
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1540
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$578
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$607
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$588
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1560
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1539
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$523