Brisbane vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$663
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$933
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$428
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$278
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$152
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$43.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$267
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	40
😀 Quality of life	97	60
🏙️ Population	2.71M	5.94M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 250% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1241st and 7534th ($2323 vs $663) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Surat ranked 17th in India, while ranked 3rd and 5942nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Surat

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	Brisbane	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$3.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$10.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$3.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$3.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$338
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$211
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$34.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$7.33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	9.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$5.28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$0.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$0.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$4.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$2.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$6.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$0.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$4.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$0.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$18.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$2.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$2.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$24.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$49.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$877

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$267
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$358
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$329
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$360
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$252
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$370
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$350
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$335
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$355
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$464
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$476
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$298
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$717
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$367
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$285
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$335
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$495
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$283
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$312
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$346
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$241
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$314
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$273
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$256
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$282
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$365
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$316
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$269
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$281
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$279
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$299
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$287
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$308
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$335
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$288
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$309
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$298