Adelaide vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$5120
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1271
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$619
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$239
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$3571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	95
😀 Quality of life	94	96
🏙️ Population	1.39M	985K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 8% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 1686th and 1273rd ($2117 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Sweden, respectively. Check Australia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 1.6 months in Stockholm. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 65th and 33rd 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	$15.1	$15.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$7.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$5.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$1476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$2670
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$1674
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$11690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$6502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$4.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$4.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.08
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$8.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$33.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$15313

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1983
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1140
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1759
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1968
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1742
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1940
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1779
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1661
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1681
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1650
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1592
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1446
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1494
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1325
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1390
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1325
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1530
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1312
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1289
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1801
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1516
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1460
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1524
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1551
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1545
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1521
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1586
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1353
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$968
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1589
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1566
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1397
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1598
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1363
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1482