Adelaide vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1930
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$4538
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1129
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$1921
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$86.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$3744
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	33
😀 Quality of life	93	84
🏙️ Population	1.39M	543K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 21% more expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 1210th and 2278th ($2338 vs $1930) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1724th 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 1.9 months in Tucson. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Tucson ranked 164th in the United States, while ranked 73rd and 490th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Tucson

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	Adelaide	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$65.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$6.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$5.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$876
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$1996
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$208
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$64.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$3141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$2502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$2.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$4.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$3.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$92.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$87.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$1109
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$15659

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2089
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2110
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$776
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2444
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2227
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2396
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2381
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2298
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2435
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2471
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2357
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2359
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2338
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1961
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2345
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2324
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2312
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$890
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2317
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2316
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1764
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$978
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1919
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2798
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$1993
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2190