Brisbane vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$4816
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1184
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$2040
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$2197
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	91
😀 Quality of life	98	91
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.75M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 9% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 1349th and 1819th ($2269 vs $2082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Australia and Italy, respectively. Check Australia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 3rd and 179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Rome

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	Brisbane	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$899
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2479
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1607
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$31.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$9165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$3801
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$41
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$5.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$88.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$569
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$12431

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1200
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1814
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1702
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1500
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1435
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1419
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1405
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1675
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1441
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1385
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1180
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1165
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1353
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1502
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1376
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1322
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1240
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1404
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1187
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1227
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1203
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1437
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1275
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1431
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1332
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1432
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1426
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1686
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1083
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1456
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1615
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1450
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1312
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1505
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1233
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1391
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1718
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1358