Brisbane vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1489
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$228
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$395
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$290
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$43.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$738
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	66	16
😀 Quality of life	97	15
🏙️ Population	2.36M	344K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 297% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 781st and 7499th ($2491 vs $627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Australia and Lesotho, respectively. Check Australia vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.2 months in Maseru. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 15th and 9036th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Maseru

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	Brisbane	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$23.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$1.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$133
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$67.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$277
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	8.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$503
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$5.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$5.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$4.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$4.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$2.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$3.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$29.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$1137

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$581
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$774
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$788
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$859
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$862
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$953
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$717
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$971
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$834
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$696
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$822
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$997
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$874
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$791
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$819
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$838
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1286
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$909
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$943
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$703
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$848
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$809
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$841
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$692
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$623
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$459
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$690
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$901
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$718
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$970
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$654