Adelaide vs Cape Town - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Cape Town
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$881
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$2144
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$56.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$1518
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	55
😀 Quality of life	92	60
🏙️ Population	1.3M	434K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 148% more expensive than in Cape Town. Cities ranked 1333rd and 6078th ($2180 vs $881) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 3rd in Australia and South Africa, respectively. Check Australia vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Cape Town. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Cape Town ranked 3rd in South Africa, while ranked 75th and 5406th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Cape Town

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	Adelaide	Cape Town
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.5	$7.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$2.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$1202
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$749
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$39.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	11.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$1307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$1.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$7.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$6.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$4.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$4.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$2.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$81.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$4013

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1888
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1462
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1317
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1327
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1708
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1746
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1688
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1658
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1672
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2356
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1702
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1693
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1669
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1707
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1716
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1719
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1707
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2604
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1819
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1404
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1463
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1723
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1610
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1723
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1430
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1691
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1903
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2348
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2203
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2741
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$1998
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1461
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1354
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$773
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$632
371 km or 231 mi	George	$684
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$805
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$866
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$643
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$704
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$703
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$753
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$710
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$683
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$511
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$535
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$689
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$682
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$765
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$719
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$738
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$631
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$633
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$875
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$656
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$603
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$776
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$807
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$889
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$780
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$751
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$718