Adelaide vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	50	52
😀 Quality of life	94	89
🏙️ Population	1.39M	686K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 107% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 1686th and 5380th ($2117 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 315th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 65th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Shizuoka

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	Adelaide	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$19584

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068