Brisbane vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$824
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$190
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	66	48
😀 Quality of life	97	40
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.97M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 482% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1792nd and 9093rd ($2016 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 20th in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 7th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Peshawar

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	Brisbane	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$518

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596