Brisbane vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$514
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1489
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$66.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$899
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	55
😀 Quality of life	98	52
🏙️ Population	2.71M	9.08M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 341% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1349th and 8627th ($2269 vs $514) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 495th 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 94th in China, while ranked 3rd and 6539th 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	$15.5	$2.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$189
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$167
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$28.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$43.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2089
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$1637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$1.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$7.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$5.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$0.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$20.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$3.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$29.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$50.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$289
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$21609

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$581
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$592
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$576
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$581
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$572
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$571
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$617
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$530
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$548
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$558
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$602
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$519
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$594
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$553
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$566
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$803
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$601
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$615
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$661
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$556
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$548
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$550
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$564
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$549
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$623
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$598
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$569
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$583
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$632
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$505
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$483
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$547
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$541
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$647
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$677
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$765