Brisbane vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$530
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1404
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$178
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$301
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$68.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$793
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	19
😀 Quality of life	98	47
🏙️ Population	2.71M	11M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 328% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 1349th and 8538th ($2269 vs $530) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 456th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in Linyi. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Linyi ranked 194th in China, while ranked 3rd and 6954th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Linyi

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	Brisbane	Linyi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$3.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$26.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$95.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$172
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$65.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$3202
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$7.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$4.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$21
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$3.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$59.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$66.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$169
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$7190

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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 Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$571
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$576
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$553
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$549
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$566
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$572
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$563
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$514
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$564
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$541
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$523
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$548
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$548
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$558
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$563
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$581
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$661
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$550
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$554
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$515
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$449
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$457
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$592
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$573
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$566
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$581
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$547
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$649
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$510
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$545
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$922
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$519
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$594
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$602
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$540
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$748
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$505
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$803