Brisbane vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1652
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$3912
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1342
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$3076
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	72
😀 Quality of life	98	92
🏙️ Population	2.71M	620K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 37% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 1349th and 3436th ($2269 vs $1652) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 299th in Australia and Germany, respectively. Check Australia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.9 months in Leipzig. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Leipzig ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 3rd and 112th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Leipzig

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	Brisbane	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$71.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$4.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$722
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$535
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$1325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$178
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$5097
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$69.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$22.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$5.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$7.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$15.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$98.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$12468

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1510
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1435
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1446
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1404
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1432
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1451
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1401
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1453
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1488
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1467
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1179
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1454
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1334
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1460
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1462
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1276
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1464
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1146
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1396
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1330
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1490
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1355
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1466
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1460
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1475
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1325
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1305
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1475
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1437
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1473
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1476
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479