Brisbane vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2118
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$4745
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1911
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$3199
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	53
😀 Quality of life	98	90
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.31M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 7% more expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 1349th and 1716th ($2269 vs $2118) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 29th 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 1.5 months in Calgary. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Calgary ranked 21st in Canada, while ranked 3rd and 209th 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	$15.5	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$65
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$6.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1224
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$957
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1544
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	4.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$3738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$3570
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$87.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$16.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$93.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$23.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$830
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$15430

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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

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934