Brisbane vs Cape Town - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Cape Town
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1120
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2628
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1117
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1545
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	55
😀 Quality of life	97	59
🏙️ Population	2.36M	3.78M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 122% more expensive than in Cape Town. Cities ranked 781st and 4849th ($2491 vs $1120) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Australia and South Africa, respectively. Check Australia vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.4 months in Cape Town. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Cape Town ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 15th and 5407th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Cape Town

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	Brisbane	Cape Town
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$7.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$705
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$452
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$889
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$91.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$41.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	11.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$1902
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$1292
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$45.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$8.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$8.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$5.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$7.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$5.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$4.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$4270

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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

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$850
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$649
371 km or 231 mi	George	$790
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$901
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$970
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$741
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$792
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$953
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$859
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1286
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$703
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$581
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$627
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$862
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$774
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$832
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$809
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$779
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$692
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$690
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$971
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$718
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$654
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$874
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$840
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$997
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$834
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$818
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$790