Brisbane vs Medellin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Medellin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2260
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$761
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$275
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$133
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$432
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	66	66
😀 Quality of life	97	53
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.53M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 122% more expensive than in Medellin. Cities ranked 1792nd and 6005th ($2016 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 2nd in Australia and Colombia, respectively. Check Australia vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.5 months in Medellin. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Medellin ranked 2nd in Colombia, while ranked 7th and 6049th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Medellin

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	Brisbane	Medellin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$6.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$7.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$1.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$312
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$73.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$22.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$1715
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$1447
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$5.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$5.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$29.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$64
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$5682

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618