Ankara vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ankara	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$959	$2016
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2366	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$487	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$2041
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$503
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.7	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$719	$3747
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	66
😀 Quality of life	72	97
🏙️ Population	5.8M	2.71M

The cost of living in Ankara is 52% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 5741st and 1792nd ($959 vs $2016) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 10th in Turkey and Australia, respectively. Check Turkey vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ankara compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Brisbane ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 1858th and 7th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ankara vs Brisbane

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	Ankara	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$9.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$3.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$2.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$588	$1443
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1015
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1022	$2386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$690	$1744
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$77.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$48.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	45.39%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1577	$7172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$4905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.16	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.87	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$8.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$2.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$23.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.28	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$3.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$57.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.98	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$76
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$1504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11471	$7949

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$691
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$650
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$616
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$663
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$627
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$723
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$535
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$492
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$593
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$710
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$691
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$406
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$698
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$547
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$455
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$697
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$755
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$568
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$872
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$672
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$1113
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$578
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$835
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$699
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$645
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$664
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$718
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$782
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$708
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$618
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$653
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$573
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$490
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$599
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$474
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$587
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$743

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645