Adelaide vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$2505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$5691
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$1564
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$2640
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$646
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$139
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$3446
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	78
😀 Quality of life	92	93
🏙️ Population	1.39M	662K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 6% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 1178th and 890th ($2355 vs $2505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st 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 6th best city to live in Australia vs Vancouver ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 75th and 62nd 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	$15.8	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$74.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$5.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$2.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1643
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$1394
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$2929
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$2377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$93.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$59.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$8999
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$7018
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$2.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$85.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$3.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$15.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$48.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$1168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$21273

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2420
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2247
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2411
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2295
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2091
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2100
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1840
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2523
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2185
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2081
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2098
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2427
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2475
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2773
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2580
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2690
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1855
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2661
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2670
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2727
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2709
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2714
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2736
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2728
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2782
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2124
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2734
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2749
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2827
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$3012
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2479
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3602
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3183
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3164
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2843
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2884