Brisbane vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2674
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$6072
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$3066
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$234
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$1241
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	66	100
😀 Quality of life	98	82
🏙️ Population	2.71M	7.41M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 15% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 1349th and 621st ($2269 vs $2674) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st 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 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 3rd and 632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Hong Kong

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	Brisbane	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$7.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$6.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$6.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$2025
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$3592
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$2650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$21
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$25175
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$16126
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$24.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$9.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$3.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$77.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$23.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1026
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$22890

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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 Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2415
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$939
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$674
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1718
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$534
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$666
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$621
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$848
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$782
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$943
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$844
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$765
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$795
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$832
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$896
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$589
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$464
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$807
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$602
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$465
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$673
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$816
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$760
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$789
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$790
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$769
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$814
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$730
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$738
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$698
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$723
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$694
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$699
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$903
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$533
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$608