Adelaide vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1087
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$127
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$214
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$69.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$253
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	50	28
😀 Quality of life	94	51
🏙️ Population	1.39M	846K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 396% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 1686th and 8921st ($2117 vs $427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Nepal, respectively. Check Australia vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 65th and 6559th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Kathmandu

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	Adelaide	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$1.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$6.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$158
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$84.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$284
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$19
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$29.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$8.19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	11.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1810
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$1154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$1.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$3.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$21.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$2.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$58.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$75.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$3066

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$350
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$293
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$328
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$293
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$386
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$320
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$281
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$316
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$284
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$297
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$297
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$279
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$273
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$298
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$918
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$276
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$450
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$297
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$311
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$420
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$300
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$297
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$308
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$339
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$289
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$289
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$286
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$369
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$294
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$289
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$287
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$320
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$348