Brisbane vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$922
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$473
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$604
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$324
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	66	56
😀 Quality of life	95	43
🏙️ Population	2.36M	2.9M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 156% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 930th and 5826th ($2356 vs $922) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in Australia and Brazil, respectively. Check Australia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Salvador ranked 44th in Brazil, while ranked 18th and 6863rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Salvador

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	Brisbane	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$7.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	12.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$53.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$6.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$2.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$7.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$8.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$73.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$12057

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1785
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1881
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1816
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1354
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1545
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1461
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1404
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$1998
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1903
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1691
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2348
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2741
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1610
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1463
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1430
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1723
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2604
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1669
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1249
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1462
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1716
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$680
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$701
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$635
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$620
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$494
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$438
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$606
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$566
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$595
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$525
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$611
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$597
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$577
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$462
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$550
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$634
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$610
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$444
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$436
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$583
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$651
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$621
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$615
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$612
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$606
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$576
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$504
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$645
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$573
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$657
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$619
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$631
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$601
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$711