Brisbane vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1254
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2954
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$650
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$388
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	38
😀 Quality of life	97	77
🏙️ Population	2.36M	767K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 99% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 781st and 4447th ($2491 vs $1254) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Australia and Croatia, respectively. Check Australia vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 15th and 748th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Zagreb

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	Brisbane	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$3.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1101
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$852
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$4189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$3073
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.69
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$9.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$9.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$5.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$91.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$10598

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1142
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$926
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1147
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$999
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1146
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1143
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1217
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$618
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$663
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1500
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$566
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1174
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1270
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1397
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1764
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$802
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$745
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1770
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1362
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$789
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1188
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$851
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1361
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1247
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1674
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1347
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1424
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1061
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1265
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$641
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$883
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1366
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$890
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$860
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$780