Brisbane vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$1049
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	66	49
😀 Quality of life	97	51
🏙️ Population	2.71M	7.1M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 196% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1792nd and 6983rd ($2016 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 7th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Yantai

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	Brisbane	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$23251

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702