Brisbane vs Porto Alegre - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Porto Alegre
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$752
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1913
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$320
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$572
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$454
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	72
😀 Quality of life	97	56
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.33M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 168% more expensive than in Porto Alegre. Cities ranked 1792nd and 6663rd ($2016 vs $752) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 13th in Australia and Brazil, respectively. Check Australia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.6 months in Porto Alegre. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Porto Alegre ranked 10th in Brazil, while ranked 7th and 5820th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Porto Alegre

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	Brisbane	Porto Alegre
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$284
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$245
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$48.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	11.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$1319
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$55.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$8.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$2.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$8.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$6.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$0.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$53.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$7512

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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 Porto Alegre

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Canoas	$632
16 km or 9.9 mi	Cachoeirinha	$546
21 km or 13 mi	Viamao	$624
41 km or 25 mi	Novo Hamburgo	$495
96 km or 60 mi	Caxias do Sul	$564
100 km or 62 mi	Bento Goncalves	$584
107 km or 67 mi	Camaqua	$593
121 km or 75 mi	Santa Cruz do Sul	$599
160 km or 100 mi	Cachoeira do Sul	$536
172 km or 107 mi	Vacaria	$608
208 km or 129 mi	Ararangua	$549
221 km or 137 mi	Pelotas	$537
228 km or 141 mi	Passo Fundo	$540
235 km or 146 mi	Criciuma	$519
238 km or 148 mi	Rio Grande	$529
246 km or 153 mi	Carazinho	$551
252 km or 156 mi	Santa Maria	$500
262 km or 163 mi	Lages	$619
277 km or 172 mi	Tubarao	$578
285 km or 177 mi	Erechim	$577
299 km or 186 mi	Sao Gabriel	$446
311 km or 193 mi	Bage	$463
318 km or 198 mi	Ijui	$537
321 km or 199 mi	Concordia	$589
352 km or 219 mi	Santo Angelo	$544
354 km or 220 mi	Chapeco	$628
363 km or 225 mi	Cacador	$594
376 km or 234 mi	Florianopolis	$857
382 km or 238 mi	Melo	$707
397 km or 247 mi	Brusque	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Santa Rosa	$553
406 km or 252 mi	Blumenau	$632
415 km or 258 mi	Itapema	$639
423 km or 263 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$658
423 km or 263 mi	Santana do Livramento	$510
425 km or 264 mi	Rivera	$758
429 km or 266 mi	Itajai	$659
446 km or 277 mi	Pato Branco	$600
448 km or 278 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$594
474 km or 295 mi	Obera	$461