Brisbane vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$692
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1777
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$502
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$91
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$930
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	66	98
😀 Quality of life	97	70
🏙️ Population	2.36M	12.3M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 260% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 781st and 6979th ($2491 vs $692) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 100th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.3 months in Wuhan. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 15th and 2526th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Wuhan

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	Brisbane	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$354
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$352
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$40.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	4.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$3874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$2284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$30
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$74.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$335
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$9062

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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 Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$646
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$681
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$705
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$674
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$626
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$714
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$663
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$676
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$610
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$647
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$659
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$614
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$612
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$606
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$647
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$646
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$683
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$623
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$670
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$605
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$612
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$566
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$636
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$614
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$599
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$575
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$573
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$706
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$552
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$658
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$622
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$521
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$642
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$659
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$580
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$619
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$611