Brisbane vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$733
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2067
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$311
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$607
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$74
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$758
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	61
😀 Quality of life	97	53
🏙️ Population	2.36M	9.4M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 240% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 781st and 6747th ($2491 vs $733) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 63rd in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1 months in Ningbo. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Ningbo ranked 45th in China, while ranked 15th and 6048th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Ningbo

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	Brisbane	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$359
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$233
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$472
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$37.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$58.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	4.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$5300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$3372
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$16.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$4.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$4.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$24.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$8.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$616
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$12898

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$612
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$742
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$702
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$585
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$843
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1136
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1028
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$708
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$712
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$749
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$706
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$706
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$1020
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$731
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$718
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$738
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$686
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$719
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$776
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$661
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$702
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$698
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$620
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$719
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$685
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$703
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$690
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$729
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$674
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$633
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$771
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$665
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$674
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$630
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$629
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$694
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$676
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$651
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$538