Brisbane vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2846
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$6548
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1798
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$3108
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$723
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$4529
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	54
😀 Quality of life	98	87
🏙️ Population	2.71M	525K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 20% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 1349th and 346th ($2269 vs $2846) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 285th in Australia and the United States, respectively. Check Australia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Sacramento ranked 116th in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 376th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Sacramento

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	Brisbane	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$80.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1821
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1445
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$3355
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$2567
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$201
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$306
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$77.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$4818
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$3673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$99.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$4.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$4.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$4.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$17.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$5.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$6.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$3.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$3.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$16.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$23546

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2693
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2733
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2691
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2807
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2786
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2962
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2933
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2781
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2736
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2649
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2906
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2687
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2813
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3187
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2687
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3097
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3339
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2776
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2162
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2962
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2280
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3136
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2939
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3004
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3454
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2807
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2783
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2929
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2380
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2780
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2658
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2651
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2984
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3064
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2089
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2893
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2929
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3778
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2859