Brisbane vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1859
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$634
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$290
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$65.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$372
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	66	26
😀 Quality of life	97	24
🏙️ Population	2.36M	2.44M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 226% more expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 781st and 6597th ($2491 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Australia and Cameroon, respectively. Check Australia vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.5 months in Yaounde. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Yaounde ranked 2nd in Cameroon, while ranked 15th and 8641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Yaounde

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	Brisbane	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$4.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$290
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1050
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$47.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$73
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$51.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	6.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$2008
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$675
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$20.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$3.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$2.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$7.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$5.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$4.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$2.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$32.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$20.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$8.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$48.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$243
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$1615

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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 Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1368
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$794
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$933
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$655
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$710
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$714
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1201
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$812
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$374
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$666
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$702
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$488
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$638
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$906
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1686
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$469
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$846
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$1036
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$724
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$878
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$886
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$879
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$537
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1262
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$757
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$616
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$735
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$531
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$658
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$518
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$635
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$701
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$492
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$787
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$810
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$377
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$774