Brisbane vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	62
😀 Quality of life	98	52
🏙️ Population	2.71M	9.08M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 314% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1813th and 8696th ($2065 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 502nd 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 9th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Xuzhou

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	Brisbane	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753