Adelaide vs Port Vila - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Port Vila
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1884
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$4044
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1157
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$1891
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$573
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$48.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$232
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	1
😀 Quality of life	94	38
🏙️ Population	1.39M	49K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 12% more expensive than in Port Vila. Cities ranked 1686th and 2383rd ($2117 vs $1884) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Vanuatu, respectively. Check Australia vs Vanuatu comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.1 months in Port Vila. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Port Vila ranked 1st in Vanuatu, while ranked 65th and 7974th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Port Vila
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$8.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$1355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$889
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$2429
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$1495
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$64.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$98.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$110
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$3691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$2257
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$1.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$68.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$8.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$5.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$17.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$17.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$5.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$5.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$5.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$3.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$9.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$6.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$64
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$42.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$6627

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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 Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$1882
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1811
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1807
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1878
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$997
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$596
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$836
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$818
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1419
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1417
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$684
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$683
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1022
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1710
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1798
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1503
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2140
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2065
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$733
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1662
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1250
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$751
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$753
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$533
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1184
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$1961
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1716
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1678
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1499