Adelaide vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$2042
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$4753
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$2062
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$613
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$77.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$3815
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	33
😀 Quality of life	92	80
🏙️ Population	1.3M	543K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 7% more expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 1333rd and 1697th ($2180 vs $2042) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1492nd 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 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Tucson ranked 103rd in the United States, while ranked 75th and 441st 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	$19.5	$20.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$60.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$5.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$5.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$1123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$931
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$2062
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$166
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$73.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$2528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$2445
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$4.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$9.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$93.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$96.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$1059
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$15695

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1888
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1462
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1317
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1327
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1708
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1746
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1688
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1658
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1672
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2356
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1702
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1693
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1669
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1707
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1716
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1719
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1707
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2604
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1819
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1404
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1463
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1723
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1610
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1723
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1430
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1691
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1903
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2348
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2203
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2741
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$1998
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1461
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1354
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2105
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2076
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2043
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1777
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$874
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2324
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2341
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2414
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2427
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2392
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2425
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2381
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2459
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2390
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2485
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2428
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$2339
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2405
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2379
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2315
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$865
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2347
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2244
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2275
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2004
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$914
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$932
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1828
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$953
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1941
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2692
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2123
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2066