Am I easily able to live off of 5000 to 8000 RMB's a month in Guangzhou China?

So if all your utilities, rent, insurance and transportation is already paid then all you have left is:





food


communications (internet/cell phone)


Sundries (laundry soap, shampoo, toiletries and the like)


clothing


savings


miscellaneous (taxi, dry cleaning, etc.)





Determine first how much you'd like to save each month (especially if you're planning a trip or something) and pay your savings account first. Perhaps you want to take a really nice trip next Spring Festival . . . set aside 1000 yuan a month.





That gives you 4000 left. (At your minimum rate.)





Cell phone calls/texts: 100 yuan per month (and that's rather high!)


Internet: 100 per month (I don't know what it costs in Guangzhou, but I think this is a safe number)


Sundries: 100 yuan per month (that's also high)


Clothing: How often do you need buy clothes? If you want to play it safe, go ahead and set aside 200 a month for this.


Miscellaneous: 100 per month (Increase if you find yourself taking a lot of taxis. I think the rate in GZ is 2.6 per kilometer (can't remember . . . I just saw the numbers on taxis outside the airport in February)





Excluding food, this makes your household expenses 600 yuan per month.





This leaves you 3400 yuan per month for food.





Yes, this is definitely enough to live on! That's 113 yuan per day (30 days). It would be up to you to plan when you'd want to spend more (or less).





The idea is to have a plan on how you are going to spend your money. If you don't have a plan, then the money can easily disappear. If you do . . . well, then you'll have a lot of freedom knowing what's going where.





Good luck!|||No, that is not enough money for you to live on comfortably. A 1-bedroom apartment will cost at least 3,000 yuan per month. Then you must pay for food, utilities, transportation, health care, etc.





Guangzhou is one of China's largest cities and a hub for manufacturing industries. The city is highly developed and cosmopolitan.|||Well, it depends, right~ I am from Guangzhou, I can live comfortable with 5000 rmb per month~ rent an apartment(but not in the very central of the guangzhou,i think), food(if you cook it yourself, it would be less expensive, but i think that amount money is enough for you to eat outside, but not every meal 100rmb or so,right)~ and all other stuffs, try to control a little bit. althought not very comfortable,but ok or good enough from a Chinese view.|||You see how some people don't really read all the info in a question. Happens a lot.





Yes you can get by OK as long as it's not part of your rent, utilities, etc.


Main thing is to not waste money on expensive food, eating out, clothes, etc.





Shop where the locals do, eat out where they do and remember to bargain when possible.





You won't be able to have a fantastic "let's go party" social life (unless others are treating) but


you can get by.





If you are fluent in English, know the little details of the language, you might earn some


more by giving basic lessons on the side.|||If food is also already deducted, apart from the already paid utility and rent, 5000 - 8000 is actually good.|||you can try translate" rent flat in Guangazhou" in chinese and see what it comes up.