Brisbane vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1461
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$3425
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$800
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1319
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$439
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$91.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$1925
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	59
😀 Quality of life	98	84
🏙️ Population	2.71M	581K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 55% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 1349th and 4193rd ($2269 vs $1461) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Lithuania, respectively. Check Australia vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 3rd and 543rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Vilnius

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	Brisbane	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$64.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$757
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$575
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$1394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$949
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$264
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	4.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$6285
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$3555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$42.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$9.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$82.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$99.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$10967

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$890
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$907
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1279
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$1003
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$947
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$1012
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$399
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$952
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1133
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$836
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$568
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$1001
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$912
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1184
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$628
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1214
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$908
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$853
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1027
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$903
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1248
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$1062
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1423
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1106
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$484
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$919
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$589
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$450
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$335
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$944
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1060
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$622
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1028
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$994
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1068
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1569