Adelaide vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$4100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	50	81
😀 Quality of life	94	92
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.43M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 5% more expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 1686th and 1930th ($2117 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1571st in Australia and the United States, respectively. Check Australia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs San Antonio ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 65th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs San Antonio

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	Adelaide	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$15049

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154