Brisbane vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$3437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	66	77
😀 Quality of life	98	86
🏙️ Population	2.71M	936K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 9% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 1349th and 911th ($2269 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 3rd in Australia and Israel, respectively. Check Australia vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 3rd and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Jerusalem

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	Brisbane	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$27069

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761