Brisbane vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1519
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$213
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$675
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	66	19
😀 Quality of life	98	44
🏙️ Population	2.71M	7.01M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 256% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 1813th and 7987th ($2065 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 243rd 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 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Zhumadian ranked 315th in China, while ranked 9th and 7223rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Zhumadian

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	Brisbane	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$152
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$276
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$74.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$3219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$1646
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$2.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$5.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$41.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$75.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$319
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$7830

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$526
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$582
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$583
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$507
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$581
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$517
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$523
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$552
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$582
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$522
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$595
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$525
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$518
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$553
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$517
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$579
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$478
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$513
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$542
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$516
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$598
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$592
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$510
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$629
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$535
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$585
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$513
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$533
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$561
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$503
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$570
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$506