Sydney vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Sydney	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2741	$777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6649	$2145
🏠 One person rent	$1620	$373
🏘️ Family rent	$3006	$682
🍽️ Food expenses	$559	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$408	$84.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3743	$552
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	99	38
😀 Quality of life	98	45
🏙️ Population	4.84M	6.98M

The cost of living in Sydney is 253% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 318th and 6458th ($2741 vs $777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 40th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Sydney compared to 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Zhanjiang ranked 161st in China, while ranked 3rd and 6615th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Zhanjiang

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	Sydney	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$2.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.9	$17.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.69	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1859	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1319	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3954	$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$554
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$40.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$215	$61.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.7	$9.74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17057	$7632
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10833	$3297
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$17.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$5.28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.51	$3.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$16.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.19	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$28.6	$3.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$5.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.3	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$5.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.3	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.1	$9.38
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.7	$47.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$66.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2005	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17934	$19859

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$1998
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2348
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1903
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1691
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1430
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1461
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1610
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1723
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1463
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2604
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1404
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1354
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1669
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1672
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1707
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2011
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1719
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1716
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1317
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1693
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1785
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1702
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2356
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1746
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1707
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1708
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2356
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1658
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1881
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1688
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1327
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1816

Cities near Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$857
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$831
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$638
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$806
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$876
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$592
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$568
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$735
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$830
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$816
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$824
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$547
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$611
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$812
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$571
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$481
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$552
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$573
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1565
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$575
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$590
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$618
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$596
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$742
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$785
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$781
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$605
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$589
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$939
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2410
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$557
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$517
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$774
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$504
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$524
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$525
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$573