Brisbane vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$412
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1054
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$122
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$207
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$175
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$214
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	66	29
😀 Quality of life	98	51
🏙️ Population	2.71M	846K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 451% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 1349th and 8958th ($2269 vs $412) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Nepal, respectively. Check Australia vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.5 months in Kathmandu. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 3rd and 6657th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Kathmandu

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	Brisbane	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$1.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$78.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$18
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$28
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$8.24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	10.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$1335
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$10.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$7.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$3.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$5.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$6.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$1.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$3.13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$21
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$2.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$21.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$58.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$69.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$3536

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$340
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$285
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$319
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$284
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$395
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$281
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$315
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$308
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$278
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$310
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$283
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$253
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$293
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$282
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$276
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$267
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$299
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$943
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$273
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$443
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$300
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$320
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$412
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$300
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$299
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$307
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$340
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$288
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$285
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$280
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$363
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$363
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$281
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$298
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$284
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$347
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$293
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$314
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$360