Adelaide vs Kagoshima - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Kagoshima
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2542
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$557
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$395
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$2402
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	50	46
😀 Quality of life	94	71
🏙️ Population	1.39M	594K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 71% more expensive than in Kagoshima. Cities ranked 1894th and 4615th ($1978 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 60th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 2.1 months in Kagoshima. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Kagoshima ranked 243rd in Japan, while ranked 46th and 1989th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Kagoshima

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	Adelaide	Kagoshima
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$9.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$44.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$3.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$512
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$713
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$115
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	1.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$4063
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$2023
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$5.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$4.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$9.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$3.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$26.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$10.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$19.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$56.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$302
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$11723

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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 Kagoshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Hioki	$1050
16 km or 10 mi	Aira	$1041
25 km or 16 mi	Kirishima	$1016
27 km or 17 mi	Minamikyushu	$1031
30 km or 19 mi	Minamisatsuma	$1029
30 km or 19 mi	Ichikikushikino	$1018
34 km or 21 mi	Satsumasendai	$1006
36 km or 22 mi	Satsuma	$992
37 km or 23 mi	Kanoya	$1001
39 km or 24 mi	Ibusuki	$1011
44 km or 27 mi	Makurazaki	$1004
44 km or 27 mi	Soo	$949
48 km or 30 mi	Shibushi	$958
50 km or 31 mi	Miyakonojo	$937
51 km or 32 mi	Isa	$945
56 km or 35 mi	Mimata	$907
58 km or 36 mi	Izumi	$939
59 km or 37 mi	Kobayashi	$912
71 km or 44 mi	Minamata	$916
71 km or 44 mi	Hitoyoshi	$913
78 km or 48 mi	Nichinan	$894
89 km or 55 mi	Miyazaki	$887
98 km or 61 mi	Saito	$872
102 km or 63 mi	Amakusa	$888
103 km or 64 mi	Yatsushiro	$884
107 km or 67 mi	Takanabe	$873
111 km or 69 mi	Kami-Amakusa	$880
117 km or 73 mi	Uki	$874
121 km or 75 mi	Minamishimabara	$877
122 km or 76 mi	Uto	$872
133 km or 82 mi	Shimabara	$873
134 km or 84 mi	Kumamoto	$894
135 km or 84 mi	Mashiki	$871
136 km or 85 mi	Hyuga	$905
142 km or 88 mi	Unzen	$876
143 km or 89 mi	Kikuyo	$870
145 km or 90 mi	Koshi	$873
146 km or 90 mi	Ozu	$874
147 km or 91 mi	Isahaya	$883
147 km or 91 mi	Nagasaki	$920