Adelaide vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$3154
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$7508
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1981
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$3422
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$796
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$6532
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	80
😀 Quality of life	93	95
🏙️ Population	1.39M	737K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 26% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 1210th and 142nd ($2338 vs $3154) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 101st 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 2.1 months in Seattle. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Seattle ranked 5th in the United States, while ranked 73rd and 32nd 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	$15.9	$22.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$96.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$14.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$7.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$6.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$2110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$1647
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$3872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$2891
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$262
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$72.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$7394
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$5077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$4.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$6.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$20.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$21.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$6.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$3.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$17.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$3.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$6.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$83.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$69.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$2521
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$28950

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2896
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3292
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$3041
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2681
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2717
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2855
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2778
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2604
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3559
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2702
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2807
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2737
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2915
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2739
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2677
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2734
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2475
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2814
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2717
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2587
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2656
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2674
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2325
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2641
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2519
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2720
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2828
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2641
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2582
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2628
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2362
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2584
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2558
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2710
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2754
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2456
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2539
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2747
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2173