Adelaide vs Meru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Meru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$486
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$1333
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$177
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$31.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$406
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	69 km
🎓 Higher education	50	30
😀 Quality of life	92	29
🏙️ Population	1.3M	42.7K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 349% more expensive than in Meru. Cities ranked 1333rd and 8601st ($2180 vs $486) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 5th in Australia and Kenya, respectively. Check Australia vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Meru. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Meru ranked 9th in Kenya, while ranked 75th and 8527th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Meru

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	Adelaide	Meru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.5	$4.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$2.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$2.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$195
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$557
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$284
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$14.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$22.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	13.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$864
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$4.24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$0.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$2.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$0.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$3.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$16.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$49
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$136
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$6789

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1888
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1462
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1317
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1327
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1708
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1746
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1688
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1658
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1672
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2356
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1702
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1693
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1669
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1707
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1716
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1719
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1707
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2604
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1819
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1404
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1463
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1723
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1610
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1723
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1430
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1691
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1903
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2348
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2203
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2741
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$1998
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1461
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1354
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Meru

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 85 mi	Thika	$530
175 km or 109 mi	Nairobi	$646
179 km or 111 mi	Machakos	$524
180 km or 112 mi	Nakuru	$439
268 km or 167 mi	Eldoret	$405
323 km or 201 mi	Kisumu	$441
354 km or 220 mi	Mumias	$424
378 km or 235 mi	Moshi	$536
392 km or 244 mi	Tororo	$557
395 km or 245 mi	Arusha	$571
403 km or 250 mi	Mbale	$557
455 km or 283 mi	Malindi	$452
496 km or 308 mi	Jinja	$542
508 km or 316 mi	Mombasa	$493
559 km or 347 mi	Kira Town	$600
564 km or 351 mi	Kampala	$654
577 km or 359 mi	Entebbe	$547
591 km or 367 mi	Tanga	$622
600 km or 373 mi	Mwanza	$493
666 km or 414 mi	Gulu	$556
712 km or 442 mi	Stone Town	$706
712 km or 443 mi	Zanzibar	$762
732 km or 455 mi	Dodoma	$581
749 km or 465 mi	Baidoa	$805
764 km or 475 mi	Morogoro	$600
783 km or 486 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
784 km or 487 mi	Awasa	$840
819 km or 509 mi	Arua	$553
840 km or 522 mi	Bunia	$748
852 km or 529 mi	Jimma	$871
852 km or 530 mi	Kasese	$543
858 km or 533 mi	Juba	$498
862 km or 536 mi	Byumba	$599
873 km or 542 mi	Kigali	$677
875 km or 544 mi	Muyinga	$449
883 km or 549 mi	Mogadishu	$819
907 km or 563 mi	Ruhengeri	$575
911 km or 566 mi	Ruyigi	$446
911 km or 566 mi	Beni	$747
918 km or 570 mi	Nyanza	$539