Adelaide vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$3183
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$7493
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$1996
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$3450
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$789
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$6618
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	80
😀 Quality of life	92	91
🏙️ Population	1.39M	737K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 26% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 1178th and 126th ($2355 vs $3183) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 94th 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 6th best city to live in Australia vs Seattle ranked 33rd in the United States, while ranked 75th and 147th 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	$15.8	$20.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$92.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$7.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$6.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$2.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$2109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$1647
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$3900
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$2895
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$74.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	6.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$7971
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$5180
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$4.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$4.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$5.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$18.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$5.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$5.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$6.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$3.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$4.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$13.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$5.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$81.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$167
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$28.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$76.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$2124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$30033

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2843
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3164
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$3012
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2648
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2678
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2827
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2782
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2621
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3602
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2749
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2783
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2734
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2884
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2797
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2637
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2736
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2479
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2775
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2714
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2542
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2617
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2709
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2342
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2727
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2429
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2722
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2822
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2670
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2576
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2661
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2378
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2616
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2592
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2690
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2773
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2475
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2580
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2765
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2098