Brisbane vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1083
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$2612
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$857
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$350
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$600
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	44
😀 Quality of life	98	62
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.2M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 110% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 1349th and 5110th ($2269 vs $1083) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Australia and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check Australia vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 3rd and 5729th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Santo Domingo

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	Brisbane	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$9.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$49.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$7.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$60.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$35.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	13.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$1627
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$1066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$29.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$7.61
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$5.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$5.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$34.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$9.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$84.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$249
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$6928

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$899
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$744
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$810
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$714
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$580
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$785
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$768
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$700
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$551
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$678
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$820
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$753
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$553
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$734
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$769
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$777
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$930
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$1006
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1114
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$791
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$797
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$785
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$533
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$554
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$549
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$573
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$541
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1313
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1209
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1457
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1590
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1473
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$548
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1663
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1628
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1610
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$550