Adelaide vs Meru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Meru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$549
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1431
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$175
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$281
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$42.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	69 km
🎓 Higher education	50	29
😀 Quality of life	94	32
🏙️ Population	1.39M	42.7K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 286% more expensive than in Meru. Cities ranked 1686th and 8291st ($2117 vs $549) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd in Australia and Kenya, respectively. Check Australia vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.7 months in Meru. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Meru ranked 9th in Kenya, while ranked 65th and 8680th 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	$15.1	$5.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$38.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$98.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$23.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$35.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	15.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1175
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$1345
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$28.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$6.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$5.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$3.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$68.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$222
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$8839

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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 Meru

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 85 mi	Thika	$460
175 km or 109 mi	Nairobi	$811
179 km or 111 mi	Machakos	$420
180 km or 112 mi	Nakuru	$503
268 km or 167 mi	Eldoret	$528
323 km or 201 mi	Kisumu	$543
354 km or 220 mi	Mumias	$511
378 km or 235 mi	Moshi	$533
392 km or 244 mi	Tororo	$623
395 km or 245 mi	Arusha	$612
403 km or 250 mi	Mbale	$654
455 km or 283 mi	Malindi	$548
496 km or 308 mi	Jinja	$582
508 km or 316 mi	Mombasa	$596
559 km or 347 mi	Kira Town	$658
564 km or 351 mi	Kampala	$717
577 km or 359 mi	Entebbe	$578
591 km or 367 mi	Tanga	$552
600 km or 373 mi	Mwanza	$656
666 km or 414 mi	Gulu	$627
712 km or 442 mi	Stone Town	$567
712 km or 443 mi	Zanzibar	$609
732 km or 455 mi	Dodoma	$526
749 km or 465 mi	Baidoa	$724
764 km or 475 mi	Morogoro	$421
783 km or 486 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
784 km or 487 mi	Awasa	$1031
819 km or 509 mi	Arua	$617
840 km or 522 mi	Bunia	$833
852 km or 529 mi	Jimma	$802
852 km or 530 mi	Kasese	$567
858 km or 533 mi	Juba	$527
862 km or 536 mi	Byumba	$597
873 km or 542 mi	Kigali	$758
875 km or 544 mi	Muyinga	$687
883 km or 549 mi	Mogadishu	$715
907 km or 563 mi	Ruhengeri	$499
911 km or 566 mi	Ruyigi	$687
911 km or 566 mi	Beni	$820
918 km or 570 mi	Nyanza	$524