Adelaide vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$2663
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$6195
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$1533
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$2486
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$764
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$4127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	50	77
😀 Quality of life	92	86
🏙️ Population	1.39M	936K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 12% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 1178th and 638th ($2355 vs $2663) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 1.5 months in Jerusalem. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Jerusalem ranked 1st in Israel, while ranked 75th and 407th 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	$15.8	$24.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$103
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$20.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$8.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$3.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1756
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$1199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$3183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1910
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$281
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$40.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	4.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$18641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$9368
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$2.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$72.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$2.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$3.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$4.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$17.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$27.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$4.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$3.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$3.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$3.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$72.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$18.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$125
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$160
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$1277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$30598

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1205
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$977
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2336
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1149
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1994
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2465
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2201
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2466
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2354
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$1070
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2541
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2283
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2288
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2966
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2305
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2873
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2379
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$538
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2347
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1933
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$2060
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1845