Brisbane vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	66	93
😀 Quality of life	97	66
🏙️ Population	2.71M	9.37M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 223% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1792nd and 7405th ($2016 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 160th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 7th and 3963rd 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	$13.3	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$8278

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665