Adelaide vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$2003
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$4295
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$1243
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1875
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$3056
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	18
😀 Quality of life	92	84
🏙️ Population	1.39M	216K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 18% more expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 1178th and 2013th ($2355 vs $2003) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 3rd in Australia and New Zealand, respectively. Check Australia vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.5 months in Wellington. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 75th and 485th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Wellington

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	Adelaide	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$7.34
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$2.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$1062
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1957
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$169
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$53.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	5.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$3790
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$7.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$9.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$3.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$35.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$81.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$13757

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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 Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1869
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1803
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1751
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1709
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1248
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1440
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1395
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1469
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1400
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1503
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1653
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1705
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1475
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1259
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1424
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1647
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1660
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1800
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1530
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1553
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1752
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2100
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1745
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1567
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1507
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1239
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$2232
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1282
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1695
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2354
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2844
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1995
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2481
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1911
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$2040
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1709
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2364
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1844