Adelaide vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$758
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$126
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$189
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$121
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$43.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$148
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	50	48
😀 Quality of life	92	34
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.97M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 633% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1178th and 9130th ($2355 vs $321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 28th in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Peshawar ranked 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 75th and 8525th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Peshawar

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	Adelaide	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$2.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$8.99
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$59.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$96
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$70.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	14.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$356
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$9.26
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$4.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$2.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$1.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$10.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$2.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$10.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$12
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$44.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$33.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$3008

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$394
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$373
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$381
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$371
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$373
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$496
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$438
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$456
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$504
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$280
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$391
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$253
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$335
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$447
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$393
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$382
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$344
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$306
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$359
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$309
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$313
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$379
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$332
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$286
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$339
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$450
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$468
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$340
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$397
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$401
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$440
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$371
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$350
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$346
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734