Brisbane vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$843
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2415
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$389
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$786
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$87.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1129
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	91
😀 Quality of life	97	71
🏙️ Population	2.36M	11.9M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 195% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 781st and 6287th ($2491 vs $843) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 22nd in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.3 months in Hangzhou. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Hangzhou ranked 9th in China, while ranked 15th and 2189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Hangzhou

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	Brisbane	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$291
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$994
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$8017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$4326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$6.21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$5.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$4.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$491
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$22679

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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 Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$742
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$585
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$698
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$708
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$703
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$1020
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$702
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$731
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$733
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$690
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$686
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$749
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$771
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1136
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$706
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$718
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1028
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$729
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$702
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$685
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$612
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$694
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$633
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$674
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$719
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$620
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$661
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$903
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$651
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$665
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$629
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$738
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$712
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$674
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$774