Adelaide vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$3437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	50	77
😀 Quality of life	93	86
🏙️ Population	1.39M	936K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 6% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 1210th and 911th ($2338 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 3rd in Australia and Israel, respectively. Check Australia vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 73rd and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Jerusalem

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	Adelaide	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$27069

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761