Brisbane vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$846
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	66	82
😀 Quality of life	97	67
🏙️ Population	2.36M	5.38M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 185% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 781st and 6204th ($2491 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 15th and 3645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Saint Petersburg

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	Brisbane	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$6847

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525