Adelaide vs Fort Worth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Fort Worth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$2219
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$5426
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1306
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$2248
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$4183
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	81
😀 Quality of life	93	91
🏙️ Population	1.39M	919K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 5% more expensive than in Fort Worth. Cities ranked 1210th and 1451st ($2338 vs $2219) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1204th 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 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.9 months in Fort Worth. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Fort Worth ranked 40th in the United States, while ranked 73rd and 163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Fort Worth

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	Adelaide	Fort Worth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$57.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$5.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$6.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1389
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$1024
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$2352
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1874
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$78.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	6.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$2560
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$1869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$18.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$5.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$4.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$18.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$3.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$8.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$4.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$97.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$53.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$1828
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$25647

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2145
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2152
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2155
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2128
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2127
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1907
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2126
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2105
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2124
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2175
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2114
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2302
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2076
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2114
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2142
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2198
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2138
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2076
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2193
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2177
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2193
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2188
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2461
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2177
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2258
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1979
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2212
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2233
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2225
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2246
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2127
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2393
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2208