Adelaide vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$424
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$134
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$232
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$148
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	50	29
😀 Quality of life	92	47
🏙️ Population	1.39M	846K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 456% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 1178th and 8916th ($2355 vs $424) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Australia and Nepal, respectively. Check Australia vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.3 months in Kathmandu. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 75th and 6934th 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	$15.8	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$86.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$156
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$20.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$32
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$7.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$2304
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$9.78
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$5.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$2.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$1.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$2.49
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$24.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$62.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$66.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$4078

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$336
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$288
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$317
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$287
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$386
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$263
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$303
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$293
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$264
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$303
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$270
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$245
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$282
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$274
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$266
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$255
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$287
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$960
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$264
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$437
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$289
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$320
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$412
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$291
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$288
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$307
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$326
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$274
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$268
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$348
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$354
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$289
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$288
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$272
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$330
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$297
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$339