Brisbane vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	99
😀 Quality of life	98	97
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.15M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 18% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1813th and 843rd ($2065 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and France, respectively. Check Australia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 9th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Paris

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	Brisbane	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$15084

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488