Adelaide vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$5531
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	50	87
😀 Quality of life	94	91
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.39M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 42% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 1894th and 36th ($1978 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 32nd 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 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 46th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs San Diego

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	Adelaide	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$28706

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759