Brisbane vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$2291
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$983
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	66	65
😀 Quality of life	98	72
🏙️ Population	2.71M	12.7M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 190% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1349th and 6833rd ($2269 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 31st in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Suzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 3rd and 3150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Suzhou

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	Brisbane	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$89.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$6055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$21.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$3.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$4.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$17664

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$644
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$683
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$669
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$594
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$650
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$684
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$557
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$623
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$620
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$636
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1002
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$652
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$646
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$652
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$860
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$604
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$647
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$680
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$675
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$626
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$618
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$644
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$601
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$678
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$671
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$765
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$677
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$632
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$584
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$680
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$623