Adelaide vs Sagamihara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Sagamihara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2488
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$583
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$388
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$2465
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	50	95
😀 Quality of life	92	79
🏙️ Population	1.39M	726K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 141% more expensive than in Sagamihara. Cities ranked 1178th and 5718th ($2355 vs $978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 464th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 2.5 months in Sagamihara. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Sagamihara ranked 28th in Japan, while ranked 75th and 765th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Sagamihara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$223
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$502
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$397
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$94.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	2.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$5200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$3027
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$1.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$64.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$29.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$7.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$4.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$6.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$8.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$65
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$30.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$30.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$50.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$577
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$14052

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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 Sagamihara

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Aikawa	$959
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Machida	$1047
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Zama	$967
11 km or 6.6 mi	Tama	$1047
12 km or 7.4 mi	Hino	$1102
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hachioji	$1318
12 km or 7.5 mi	Yamato	$1005
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ebina	$859
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kunitachi	$1070
15 km or 9.2 mi	Inagi	$1070
15 km or 9.2 mi	Atsugi	$951
15 km or 9.3 mi	Tachikawa	$1094
15 km or 9.4 mi	Fuchu	$1105
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ayase	$922
15 km or 9.6 mi	Akishima	$1122
18 km or 11 mi	Kokubunji	$1075
18 km or 11 mi	Chofu	$1128
19 km or 12 mi	Isehara	$946
19 km or 12 mi	Akiruno	$1108
19 km or 12 mi	Koganei	$1087
19 km or 12 mi	Fussa	$1098
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1101
21 km or 13 mi	Komae	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Higashiyamato	$1077
21 km or 13 mi	Musashimurayama	$1077
22 km or 13 mi	Samukawa	$958
22 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
23 km or 14 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
23 km or 14 mi	Mizuho	$1081
23 km or 14 mi	Hamura	$1082
24 km or 15 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
24 km or 15 mi	Uenohara	$1045
25 km or 15 mi	Musashino	$1131
25 km or 16 mi	Hadano	$995
26 km or 16 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
26 km or 16 mi	Ome	$1073
26 km or 16 mi	Chigasaki	$1026
27 km or 17 mi	Hiratsuka	$1037
27 km or 17 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
28 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1108