Brisbane vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$323
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$780
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$121
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$198
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$129
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$38.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$129
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	66	48
😀 Quality of life	98	34
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.97M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 603% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1349th and 9160th ($2269 vs $323) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 27th 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 0.4 months in Peshawar. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Peshawar ranked 9th in Pakistan, while ranked 3rd and 8618th 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	$15.5	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$10.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$96.2
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$52.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$178
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$96.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$72.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	16.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$309
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$8.05
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$3.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$3.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$4.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$1.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$9.83
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$2.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$10.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$13.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$32.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$2608

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$370
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$368
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$360
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$369
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$464
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$433
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$473
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$279
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$381
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$264
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$425
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$378
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$371
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$353
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$302
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$348
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$308
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$367
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$326
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$295
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$318
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$432
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$454
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$315
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$391
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$417
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$364
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$351
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$352
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704