Brisbane vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$434
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$1151
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$161
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$376
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$67.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$864
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	66	78
😀 Quality of life	95	68
🏙️ Population	2.36M	10.3M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 442% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 930th and 8842nd ($2356 vs $434) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 19th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 2 months in Chennai. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Chennai ranked 2nd in India, while ranked 18th and 3676th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Chennai

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	Brisbane	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$9.54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$2.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$106
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$505
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$30.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$45.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$9.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	9.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$1913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$0.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$12.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$3.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$3.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$6.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$4.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$2.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$0.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$15.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$2.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$42.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$85.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$1681

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1785
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1881
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1816
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1354
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1545
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1461
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1404
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$1998
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1903
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1691
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2348
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2741
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1610
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1463
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1430
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1723
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2604
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1669
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1249
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1462
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1716
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$337
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$269
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$415
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$339
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$343
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$326
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$367
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$356
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$350
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$326
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$328
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$357
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$585
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$316
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$359
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$337
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$383
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$319
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$399
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$312
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$317
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$287
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$327
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$345
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$341
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$321
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$334
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$309
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$358
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$350
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$309
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$384
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$310
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$375
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$353
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$358
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$369
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$325