Bern vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bern	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2512	$2491
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6867	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$1268	$1506
🏘️ Family rent	$2589	$2275
🍽️ Food expenses	$860	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$280
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6657	$4184
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	80	66
😀 Quality of life	95	97
🏙️ Population	135K	2.36M

The cost of living in Bern is 0.9% more expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 743rd and 781st ($2512 vs $2491) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 44th and 2nd in Switzerland and Australia, respectively. Check Switzerland vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.6 months in Bern compared to 1.7 months in Brisbane. Bern ranked 6th best city to live in Switzerland vs Brisbane ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 33rd and 15th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bern vs Brisbane

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	Bern	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25	$14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.7	$83.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.7	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.39	$8.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.78	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1341	$1542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$956	$1283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2706	$2771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2140	$1860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.54%	6.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14168	$7907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12333	$5572
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.3	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$42.3	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.71	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.9	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$29.8	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$45.5	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$3.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$5.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$27.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.08	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.04	$3.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$55.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$22.9	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$151	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.9	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$138	$74.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$165	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2516	$1752
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22088	$9531

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Cities near Bern

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.5 km or 2.2 mi	Koniz	$2592
25 km or 16 mi	Thun	$2646
26 km or 16 mi	Biel/Bienne	$2517
28 km or 17 mi	Fribourg	$2738
40 km or 25 mi	Neuchatel	$2424
43 km or 27 mi	Interlaken	$2746
48 km or 30 mi	Bulle	$2823
50 km or 31 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2373
64 km or 40 mi	Kriens	$2989
64 km or 40 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2940
66 km or 41 mi	Lucerne	$3068
66 km or 41 mi	Emmen	$3020
67 km or 42 mi	Aarau	$2207
67 km or 42 mi	Allschwil	$2843
69 km or 43 mi	Basel	$2741
70 km or 44 mi	Montreux	$3257
71 km or 44 mi	Saint-Louis	$1399
72 km or 45 mi	Riehen	$3415
73 km or 45 mi	Rheinfelden	$1551
73 km or 45 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1538
76 km or 47 mi	Lorrach	$1531
77 km or 48 mi	Lausanne	$2890
80 km or 50 mi	Sion	$2052
80 km or 50 mi	Renens	$2871
85 km or 53 mi	Zug	$3627
86 km or 54 mi	Baar	$3320
87 km or 54 mi	Baden	$3206
88 km or 55 mi	Wettingen	$3135
88 km or 55 mi	Dietikon	$3048
88 km or 55 mi	Belfort	$1384
89 km or 56 mi	Mulhouse	$1366
92 km or 57 mi	Altstetten	$3139
94 km or 58 mi	Horgen	$3163
95 km or 59 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1559
95 km or 59 mi	Zurich	$3392
98 km or 61 mi	Wadenswil	$3145
102 km or 63 mi	Dubendorf	$3129
104 km or 65 mi	Bulach	$3013
106 km or 66 mi	Uster	$3057
109 km or 68 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$3011

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876