Brisbane vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$785
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1240
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$533
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$534
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$46.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$456
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	40
😀 Quality of life	97	48
🏙️ Population	2.36M	5.94M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 217% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 781st and 6501st ($2491 vs $785) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Surat ranked 41st in India, while ranked 15th and 6339th 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	$14	$3.26
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$9.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$1.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$509
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1088
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$37.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$6.53
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	8.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$881
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$664
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$5.92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$2.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$4.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$3.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$4.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$2.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$0.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$14.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$14.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$2.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$42.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$55.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$1527

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$284
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$406
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$399
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$288
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$394
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$391
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$396
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$484
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$326
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$402
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$357
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$406
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$519
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$327
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$344
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$379
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$285
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$347
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$295
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$312
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$304
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$409
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$360
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$294
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$283
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$310
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$338
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$332
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$335
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$367
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$321
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$368
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$348