Brisbane vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1858
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$277
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$952
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	66	93
😀 Quality of life	97	65
🏙️ Population	2.36M	9.37M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 242% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 781st and 6780th ($2491 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 68th 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 Hefei. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Hefei ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 15th and 4171st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Hefei

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	Brisbane	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$564
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	4.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$3971
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$2140
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$43
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$7.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$109
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$4.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$8558

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$694
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$649
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$706
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$658
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$705
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$903
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$524
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$672
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$774
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$636
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$771
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$651
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$673
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$650
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$703
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$690
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$630
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$659
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$648
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$698
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$613
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$619
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$629
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$633
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$702
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$656
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$705
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$673
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$694
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$528
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$699