Adelaide vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$4674
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1801
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$4112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	50	81
😀 Quality of life	92	91
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.43M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 14% more expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 1178th and 1833rd ($2355 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1452nd 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 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs San Antonio ranked 39th in the United States, while ranked 75th and 156th 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	$15.8	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$75.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$4488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$4.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$4.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$1365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$19123

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2093
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2123
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2120
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2125
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2168
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$1944
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2475
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2149
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2110
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2003
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$1963
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1857
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1903
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1005
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1722
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2070
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1855
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1897
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1010
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$796
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1950
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1843
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2066
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2093
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2519
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2261
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2107
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1860
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2064
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2093