Adelaide vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$807
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$1929
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$802
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$612
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	28
😀 Quality of life	92	38
🏙️ Population	1.3M	431K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 170% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 1333rd and 6362nd ($2180 vs $807) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Australia and Namibia, respectively. Check Australia vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Windhoek. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 75th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.5	$7.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$4.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$1.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$398
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$79
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$56.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	11.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$7.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$5.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$5.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$2.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$2.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$36.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$34.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$63
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$3671

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$738
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$749
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$751
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$717
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$765
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$723
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$718
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$687
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$677
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$643
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$603
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$633
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$631
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$656
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$719
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$554
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$605
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$753
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$511
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$734
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$550
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$702
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$751
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$682
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$875
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$776
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$889
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$771
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$783
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$755
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$733
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$741