Adelaide vs La Paz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	La Paz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1606
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$464
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$71.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$358
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	33
😀 Quality of life	94	52
🏙️ Population	1.39M	756K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 211% more expensive than in La Paz. Cities ranked 1686th and 7220th ($2117 vs $681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd in Australia and Bolivia, respectively. Check Australia vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.5 months in La Paz. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs La Paz ranked 2nd in Bolivia, while ranked 65th and 6482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs La Paz

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	Adelaide	La Paz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$4.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$7.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$357
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$22.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$34.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	8.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1119
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$774
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$8.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$2.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.75
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$30.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$32.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$160
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$2846

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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 La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$675
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$634
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$563
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$565
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$594
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$562
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$445
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$654
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$624
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$780
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$627
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$509
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$609
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$908
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$681
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$809
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$655
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$560
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$659
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$730
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$763
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$654
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$990
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$656
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$732
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$589
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$638
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$562
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$604
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$598
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$616
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$676
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$636
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$533
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$841
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$662
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$1040
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$838
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$613