Adelaide vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$2540
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$5841
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1607
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$2790
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$630
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$3629
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	78
😀 Quality of life	93	93
🏙️ Population	1.39M	662K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 8% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 1210th and 822nd ($2338 vs $2540) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Australia and Canada, respectively. Check Australia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.4 months in Vancouver. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Vancouver ranked 4th in Canada, while ranked 73rd and 53rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Vancouver

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	Adelaide	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$74.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$5.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$4.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1720
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$1440
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$3147
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$2525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$85.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$54.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$9202
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$7119
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$88.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$4.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$3.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$3.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$15.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$105
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$66.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$1231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$21986

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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 Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2478
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2240
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2457
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2361
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2237
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2054
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1865
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2526
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2190
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2128
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2173
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2470
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2456
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2754
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2539
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2710
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1872
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2628
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2641
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2641
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2674
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2717
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2734
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2739
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2778
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2200
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2737
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2702
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2855
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$3041
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2475
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3559
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3154
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3292
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2896
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2915