Adelaide vs Cape Town - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Cape Town
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2814
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$681
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$1180
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$352
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	56
😀 Quality of life	94	55
🏙️ Population	1.39M	3.78M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 72% more expensive than in Cape Town. Cities ranked 1686th and 4637th ($2117 vs $1231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th 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 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.3 months in Cape Town. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Cape Town ranked 5th in South Africa, while ranked 65th and 6312th 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	$15.1	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$46.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$761
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$513
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$1355
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	11.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1957
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$1290
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$1.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$28.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$5.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$5.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$5.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$37.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$56
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$4978

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1243
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$666
371 km or 231 mi	George	$857
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$946
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1005
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$746
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$814
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$988
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$861
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1304
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$784
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$598
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$650
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$901
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$762
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$948
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$833
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$904
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$637
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$637
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$984
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$668
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$607
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$890
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$985
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$984
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$892
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$927
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$857