Adelaide vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Adelaide	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2112	$652
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4473	$1511
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$232
🏘️ Family rent	$1884	$362
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$318
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$41
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3332	$612
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	50	16
😀 Quality of life	94	18
🏙️ Population	1.39M	344K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 224% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 1700th and 7435th ($2112 vs $652) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Australia and Lesotho, respectively. Check Australia vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.9 months in Maseru. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 56th and 9076th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Maseru

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	Adelaide	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$11.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$25.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.06	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.5	$1.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$1.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1335	$130
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$65.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1926	$240
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1581	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.2	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	8.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7445	$364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4891	$487
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$5.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$7.15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$5.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$5.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.47	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.2	$4.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$2.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.23	$1.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$4.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$2.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$43.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$873	$49.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7372	$1114

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1900
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1766
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1759
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1690
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1341
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1421
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1739
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1759
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2043
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1683
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1671
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1705
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2297
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1688
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1724
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1659
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1712
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1656
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1701
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1710
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1806
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1479
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2049
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1758
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1507
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1654
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1578
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1703
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1457
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1617
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1879
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2313
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2146
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2619
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2160
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1829
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1187
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1613

Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$520
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$595
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$561
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$685
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$757
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$794
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$853
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$900
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$752
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$699
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$724
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$786
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$972
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$697
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$958
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$869
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$1055
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$733
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$808
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$916
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$870
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$812
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$817
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1401
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$954
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$925
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$821
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$856
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$816
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$819
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$812
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$676
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$582
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$458
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$673
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$922
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$708
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1002
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$639