Brisbane vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$2079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$4683
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$1191
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$1928
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$572
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$2977
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	53
😀 Quality of life	98	91
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.31M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 0.7% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 1813th and 1781st ($2065 vs $2079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 27th in Australia and Canada, respectively. Check Australia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.4 months in Calgary. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Calgary ranked 15th in Canada, while ranked 9th and 160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Calgary

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	Brisbane	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$1190
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$957
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$2105
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$1560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$55.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$3658
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$3126
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$84.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$3.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$5.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$91.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$58
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$796
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$15727

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887