Brisbane vs Delhi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Delhi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$507
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1196
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$348
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$265
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	98	61
🏙️ Population	2.71M	26.5M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 347% more expensive than in Delhi. Cities ranked 1349th and 8668th ($2269 vs $507) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 7th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.5 months in Delhi. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Delhi ranked 14th in India, while ranked 3rd and 5790th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Delhi

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	Brisbane	Delhi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$5.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$3.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$2.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$241
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$139
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$432
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$36.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$55.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$8.74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	9.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2401
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$993
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$11.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$3.28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$6.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$1.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$2.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$0.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.55
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$2.08
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$26.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$58.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$69.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$1751

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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 Delhi

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Noida	$423
20 km or 12 mi	Ghaziabad	$382
29 km or 18 mi	Gurgaon	$519
29 km or 18 mi	Faridabad	$362
42 km or 26 mi	Sonipat	$263
59 km or 37 mi	Meerut	$337
68 km or 43 mi	Rohtak	$250
106 km or 66 mi	Bhiwani	$325
122 km or 76 mi	Aligarh	$299
130 km or 81 mi	Sambhal	$296
136 km or 84 mi	Alwar	$256
139 km or 87 mi	Mathura	$289
148 km or 92 mi	Saharanpur	$285
149 km or 92 mi	Moradabad	$283
154 km or 96 mi	Hisar	$263
183 km or 114 mi	Agra	$375
191 km or 119 mi	Rishikesh	$374
200 km or 124 mi	Dehradun	$383
217 km or 135 mi	Bareilly	$287
219 km or 136 mi	Patiala	$352
234 km or 145 mi	Chandigarh	$379
235 km or 146 mi	Sikar	$325
236 km or 146 mi	Jaipur	$382
271 km or 168 mi	Shimla	$265
282 km or 175 mi	Ludhiana	$414
289 km or 180 mi	Gwalior	$330
305 km or 190 mi	Bheemdatta	$347
330 km or 205 mi	Dhangadhi	$363
335 km or 208 mi	Jalandhar	$352
353 km or 219 mi	Ajmer	$269
382 km or 237 mi	Jhansi	$331
388 km or 241 mi	Bikaner	$289
392 km or 244 mi	Kanpur	$314
399 km or 248 mi	Amritsar	$391
411 km or 256 mi	Kota	$326
419 km or 260 mi	Lucknow	$340
423 km or 263 mi	Lahore	$432
428 km or 266 mi	Pathankot	$364
434 km or 270 mi	Okara	$315
449 km or 279 mi	Bhilwara	$331