Brisbane vs Hiroshima - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Hiroshima
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1003
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2465
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$407
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$709
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$363
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1735
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	66	63
😀 Quality of life	97	68
🏙️ Population	2.36M	1.2M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 148% more expensive than in Hiroshima. Cities ranked 781st and 5674th ($2491 vs $1003) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 664th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.7 months in Hiroshima. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Hiroshima ranked 446th in Japan, while ranked 15th and 3185th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Hiroshima

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	Brisbane	Hiroshima
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$3.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$432
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$78.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$36.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	1.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$6276
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$3477
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$2.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$44.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$7.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$3.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$3.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$49.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$51.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$178
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$7209

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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 Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$936
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$954
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$944
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$970
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$981
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$986
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$1017
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$1040
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$978
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$975
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$988
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$984
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$999
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$968
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$981
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$968
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$1063
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$952
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$960
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$942
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$993
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$988
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$996
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$986
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$954
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$999
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$997
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$987
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$1018
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$1021
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$882
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$1009
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$818
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$962
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$905
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$997
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$995
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$983