Brisbane vs Oklahoma City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Oklahoma City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1922
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$4714
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1055
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1716
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$616
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$3644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	71
😀 Quality of life	98	88
🏙️ Population	2.71M	681K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 18% more expensive than in Oklahoma City. Cities ranked 1349th and 2320th ($2269 vs $1922) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1744th in Australia and the United States, respectively. Check Australia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.9 months in Oklahoma City. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Oklahoma City ranked 91st in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Oklahoma City

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	Brisbane	Oklahoma City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$74.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$6.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$983
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$769
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1279
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$84.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	6.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$1725
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$3.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$5.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$5.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$9.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$95.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$50.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1590
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$25219

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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 Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1955
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1941
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$2011
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1883
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1947
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1758
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$2039
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1865
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1850
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1838
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1853
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1652
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1903
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1571
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1860
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1894
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1876
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1884
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1833
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1842
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1581
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1536
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1762
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2214
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2249
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1860
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1820
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$1979
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2177
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2225
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2285
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2393
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2115
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2233
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2076
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2293
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2127
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2034
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2188