Adelaide vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$2974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$7082
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$1895
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$3327
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$708
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$6506
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	80
😀 Quality of life	92	90
🏙️ Population	1.3M	737K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 27% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 1333rd and 145th ($2180 vs $2974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 120th 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 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Seattle ranked 19th in the United States, while ranked 75th and 125th 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	$19.5	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$8.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$5.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$2036
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$1598
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$3765
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$2858
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$9273
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$5449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$96.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$3.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$4.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$4.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$5.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$3.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$3.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$6.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$6.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$177
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$62.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$95.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$1999
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$29730

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1888
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1462
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1317
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1327
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1708
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1746
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1688
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1658
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1672
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2356
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1702
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1693
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1669
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1707
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1716
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1719
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1707
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2604
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1819
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1404
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1463
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1723
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1610
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1723
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1430
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1691
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1903
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2348
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2203
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2741
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$1998
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1461
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1354
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2814
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3345
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2920
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2514
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2507
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3118
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2157
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3262
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2728
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2463
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2729
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2837
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2651
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2549
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2750
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2827
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2663
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2587
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2585
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2597
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2604
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2830
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2652
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2733
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2593
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2461
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2585
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2402
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2546
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2500
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2576
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2588
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2255
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2451
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2470
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2210