Brisbane vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$2447
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$5689
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$1439
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$2480
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$674
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$3017
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	66	78
😀 Quality of life	98	87
🏙️ Population	2.71M	936K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 16% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 1813th and 950th ($2065 vs $2447) 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 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 9th and 351st 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	$14.4	$24.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$81.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$18.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$9.82
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$1189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$2738
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	5.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$14293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$9538
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$2.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$2.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$21.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$3.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$3.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$3.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$91.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$99.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$143
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$23696

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850