Dili vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dili	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1233	$5159
🏠 One person rent	$227	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$2387
🍽️ Food expenses	$213	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$27.4	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$139	$3044
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	12	49
😀 Quality of life	30	89
🏙️ Population	222K	608K

The cost of living in Dili is 77% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 8528th and 1270th ($520 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in East Timor and Australia, respectively. Check East Timor vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Dili compared to 1.3 months in Gold Coast. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Gold Coast ranked 7th in Australia, while ranked 8795th and 255th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dili vs Gold Coast

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	Dili	Gold Coast
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.43	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.7	$97.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.85	$9.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$6.47
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$1199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$395	$2559
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$2014
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.6	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.43%	6.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1475	$8866
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$926	$4115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$2.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.1	$51.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.45	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$4.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$7.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$8.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$3.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.79	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$6.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$24.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.54	$4.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.35	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.2	$53.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$60.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.3	$2150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3267	$7100

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$513
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$512
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$513
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$531
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$499
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$507
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$502
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1647
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$588
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$523
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$502
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$519
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$402
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$445
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$447
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$549
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$500
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$447
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$445
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$834
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$489
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1134
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$598
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$496
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$568
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$547
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$449
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$459
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$470
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$457
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$551
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$384
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$409
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$413
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$470
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$440
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$447
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$456
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$524
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$409

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2065
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1662
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1798
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1710
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1503
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1839
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1747
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2181
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1888
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1599
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2640
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2292
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1568
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1364
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1580
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1678
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2019
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1667
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1683
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1771
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1706
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1736