Boston vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Boston	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3638	$2269
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8082	$5424
🏠 One person rent	$2543	$1398
🏘️ Family rent	$4126	$2462
🍽️ Food expenses	$722	$574
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6556	$4258
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	66
😀 Quality of life	92	98
🏙️ Population	676K	2.71M

The cost of living in Boston is 60% more expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 30th and 1349th ($3638 vs $2269) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 11th in the United States and Australia, respectively. Check the United States vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Boston compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Boston ranked 16th best city to live in the United States vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 94th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Boston vs Brisbane

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	Boston	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$68.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$5.31	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$2.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2878	$1660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2181	$1147
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5280	$3002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3456	$2079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$94.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$54.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	5.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11142	$7935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6207	$5145
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.41	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.6	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.63	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.6	$4.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$9.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$3.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.48	$3.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.78	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.2	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.07	$4.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.48	$7.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.06	$4.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$48
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$190	$61.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.2	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.6	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2835	$1949
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26679	$12459

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3830
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3097
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3650
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2960
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3140
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2981
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$3000
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2691
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$3017
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$2944
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2966
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2870
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$3006
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2845
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2862
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2839
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3186
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2823
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2870
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$2762
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2714
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2921
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2837
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2771
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2808
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2980
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2986
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2786
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2939
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2405
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2803
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2859
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2894
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$3006
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2629
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2854
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2871
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2867
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2852

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894