Adelaide vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$6742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	80
😀 Quality of life	94	91
🏙️ Population	1.39M	737K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 34% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 1894th and 158th ($1978 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 140th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 46th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Seattle

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	Adelaide	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093