Adelaide vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$4008
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	99
😀 Quality of life	94	100
🏙️ Population	1.39M	5.45M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 20% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 1686th and 649th ($2117 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Ranked 5th vs 2nd best cities to live in Australia, and 65th vs 3rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Sydney

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	Adelaide	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710