Brisbane vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1241
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$2983
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$607
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1060
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$750
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	66	47
😀 Quality of life	98	62
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.39M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 83% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 1349th and 4689th ($2269 vs $1241) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 14th in Australia and Mexico, respectively. Check Australia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 3rd and 5768th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Guadalajara

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	Brisbane	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$43.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$776
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$1418
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$879
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$27.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	11.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$3091
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$2.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$9.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$61.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$252
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$11768

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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 Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102