Adelaide vs Manila - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Manila
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$790
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1963
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$50.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	74
😀 Quality of life	94	65
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.85M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 168% more expensive than in Manila. Cities ranked 1686th and 6703rd ($2117 vs $790) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 5th in Australia and the Philippines, respectively. Check Australia vs the Philippines comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.5 months in Manila. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Manila ranked 3rd in the Philippines, while ranked 65th and 5220th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Manila

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	Adelaide	Manila
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$5.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$232
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$815
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$416
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$74.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$3756
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$2382
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$5.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$9.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$139
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$16980

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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 Manila

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Pasay	$785
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Caloocan	$568
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mandaluyong	$742
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Quezon	$717
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Malabon	$674
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Makati	$1009
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Navotas	$657
12 km or 7.2 mi	Valenzuela	$432
12 km or 7.2 mi	Pasig	$642
12 km or 7.3 mi	Taguig	$807
15 km or 9 mi	Marikina	$555
15 km or 9.3 mi	Bacoor	$540
15 km or 9.3 mi	Paranaque	$651
15 km or 9.5 mi	Cainta	$760
16 km or 9.7 mi	Meycauayan	$561
16 km or 10 mi	Las Pinas	$628
19 km or 12 mi	Imus	$536
21 km or 13 mi	Antipolo	$570
25 km or 15 mi	Muntinlupa	$692
25 km or 16 mi	San Jose del Monte	$511
26 km or 16 mi	General Trias	$519
28 km or 17 mi	San Pedro	$617
28 km or 17 mi	Binangonan	$525
30 km or 19 mi	Dasmarinas	$414
31 km or 19 mi	Binan	$613
33 km or 20 mi	Malolos	$630
34 km or 21 mi	Santa Rosa	$575
37 km or 23 mi	Trece Martires	$542
39 km or 24 mi	Cabuyao	$616
47 km or 29 mi	Calamba	$489
58 km or 36 mi	San Fernando	$609
60 km or 37 mi	Tanauan	$535
61 km or 38 mi	Santo Tomas	$531
69 km or 43 mi	San Pablo	$477
74 km or 46 mi	Angeles	$624
75 km or 47 mi	Lipa	$425
79 km or 49 mi	Olongapo	$471
81 km or 50 mi	Mabalacat	$598
94 km or 59 mi	Batangas	$532
99 km or 61 mi	Cabanatuan	$448