Adelaide vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$4267
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1800
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$3350
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	35
😀 Quality of life	94	79
🏙️ Population	1.39M	679K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 9% more expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 1894th and 2363rd ($1978 vs $1813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1931st in Australia and the United States, respectively. Check Australia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.8 months in El Paso. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs El Paso ranked 179th in the United States, while ranked 46th and 633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs El Paso

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	Adelaide	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$921
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1644
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$76.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$1815
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$27.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$63.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$36.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$6903

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353