Brisbane vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$439
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1168
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$198
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$150
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$35.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$256
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	66	67
😀 Quality of life	97	49
🏙️ Population	2.36M	1.01M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 468% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 781st and 8895th ($2491 vs $439) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.6 months in Islamabad. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 15th and 6293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Islamabad

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	Brisbane	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$92
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$505
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	20.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$1307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$493
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$6.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$4.32
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$1.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$22.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$17.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$2.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$20.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$59.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$3133

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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 Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397