Adelaide vs Fort Worth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Fort Worth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$2217
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$5435
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1334
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$2328
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$4189
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	82
😀 Quality of life	94	90
🏙️ Population	1.39M	919K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 5% less expensive than in Fort Worth. Cities ranked 1686th and 1434th ($2117 vs $2217) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1234th 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 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 1.9 months in Fort Worth. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Fort Worth ranked 61st in the United States, while ranked 65th and 213th 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	$15.1	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$57.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$1045
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$2518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$1910
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$69
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$2208
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$2094
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$2.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$3.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$5.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$17.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$3.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$4.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$98.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$1925
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$23437

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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 Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2140
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2144
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2145
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2136
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2133
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1856
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2139
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2108
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2140
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2184
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2135
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2302
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2133
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2133
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2162
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2183
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2131
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2038
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2190
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2185
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2200
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2199
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2447
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2199
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2287
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1937
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2222
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2246
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2216
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2315
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2268
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2369
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2250