Brisbane vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$733
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1644
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$431
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$754
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$51.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$255
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	83
😀 Quality of life	98	67
🏙️ Population	2.71M	15.4M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 209% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1349th and 7076th ($2269 vs $733) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.3 months in Mumbai. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Mumbai ranked 3rd in India, while ranked 3rd and 4887th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Mumbai

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	Brisbane	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$22.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$606
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$1104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$35.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$55.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$9.59
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$6877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2712
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$5.84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$2.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$6.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$3.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$7.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$0.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$14.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$4.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$33.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$56.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$133
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$4412

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$504
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$475
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$355
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$379
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$294
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$502
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$346
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$268
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$693
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$362
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$344
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$303
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$282
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$282
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$302
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$382
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$319
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$428
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$385
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$388
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$441
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$373
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$397
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$324
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$349
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$254
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$321
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$286
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$378
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$355
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$297
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$301
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$301