Adelaide vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$3371
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	95
😀 Quality of life	94	95
🏙️ Population	1.39M	985K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 3% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 1894th and 1732nd ($1978 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Australia and Sweden, respectively. Check Australia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 46th and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Stockholm

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	Adelaide	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$5804

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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	$1669
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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331