Brisbane vs Nairobi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Nairobi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$745
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2030
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	66	67
😀 Quality of life	97	57
🏙️ Population	2.36M	5.55M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 234% more expensive than in Nairobi. Cities ranked 781st and 6689th ($2491 vs $745) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Australia and Kenya, respectively. Check Australia vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.5 months in Nairobi. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Nairobi ranked 1st in Kenya, while ranked 15th and 5632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Nairobi

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	Brisbane	Nairobi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$420
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$25.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$38.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	14.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$1536
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$1125
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$34.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$6.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$0.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$40.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$19.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$58.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$8325

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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 Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$571
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$482
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$493
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$535
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$543
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$548
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$460
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$518
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$483
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$581
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$583
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$560
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$511
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$466
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$601
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$643
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$707
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$559
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$564
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$675
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$736
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$639
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$579
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$509
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$622
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$723
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$509
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$568
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$545
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$784
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$598
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$509
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$441
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$510
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$509
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$576
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$579
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$768