Brisbane vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$990
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	40
😀 Quality of life	98	55
🏙️ Population	2.71M	5.94M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 193% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1813th and 7068th ($2065 vs $705) 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 45th in India, while ranked 9th and 6284th 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	$14.4	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$922

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$278
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$374
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$375
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$267
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$382
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$399
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$487
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$324
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$705
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$382
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$303
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$349
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$330
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$264
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$290
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$273
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$297
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$396
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$328
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$285
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$310
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$290
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$305
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$309
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$328
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$366
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$333
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$333