Adelaide vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2459
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$57.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$894
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	29
😀 Quality of life	94	51
🏙️ Population	1.39M	431K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 129% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 1894th and 6224th ($1978 vs $862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Australia and Namibia, respectively. Check Australia vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1 months in Windhoek. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 46th and 6198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Windhoek

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	Adelaide	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$1008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$46.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	11.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$1274
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$786
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$5.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$4344

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$792
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$811
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$813
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$827
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$768
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$740
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$742
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$731
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$699
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$628
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$664
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$665
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$691
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$780
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$631
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$814
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$540
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$688
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$624
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$577
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$820
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$748
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$923
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$837
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$953
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$671
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$906
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$807
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$645
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$785