Brisbane vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1905
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	100
😀 Quality of life	97	79
🏙️ Population	2.36M	24.9M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 119% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 781st and 4780th ($2491 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 15th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Shanghai

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	Brisbane	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$31401

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774