Brisbane vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Samsun
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$786
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1913
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$298
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$60
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$799
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	66	23
😀 Quality of life	98	60
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.37M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 189% more expensive than in Samsun. Cities ranked 1349th and 6818th ($2269 vs $786) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 23rd in Australia and Turkey, respectively. Check Australia vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1 months in Samsun. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Samsun ranked 14th in Turkey, while ranked 3rd and 5950th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Samsun

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	Brisbane	Samsun
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$6.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$8.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$408
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$516
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$35.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$54.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$11.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	48.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$3812
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$3105
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$9.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$8.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$0.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$57.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.55
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$5.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$80.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$3447

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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 Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$703
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$769
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$702
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$988
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$662
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$694
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$688
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$746
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$766
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$730
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$673
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$732
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$755
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$676
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$702
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$708
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$552
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$599
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$1027
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$710
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$615
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$673
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$598
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$985
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$807
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$595
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$769
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$761
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$755
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$705
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$743
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$711
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$675
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$654
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$621
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$802
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$907