Gold Coast vs Hiroshima - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gold Coast	Hiroshima
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2152	$954
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4849	$2384
🏠 One person rent	$1358	$372
🏘️ Family rent	$2188	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$364
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3845	$1957
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	49	63
😀 Quality of life	90	71
🏙️ Population	638K	1.2M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 126% more expensive than in Hiroshima. Cities ranked 1408th and 5644th ($2152 vs $954) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 584th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Gold Coast compared to 2.1 months in Hiroshima. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Hiroshima ranked 376th in Japan, while ranked 120th and 2347th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Hiroshima

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	Gold Coast	Hiroshima
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$6.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.4	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$5.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.77	$3.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1302	$430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$255
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2323	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1888	$470
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$74.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.6%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11003	$3758
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8562	$2699
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.22	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.9	$43.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$6.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$3.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$8.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.23	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.4	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.4	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$36.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.5	$49.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1760	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11702	$8672

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2356
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1785
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1881
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1816
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1354
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1545
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1461
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1404
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$1998
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1903
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1691
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2741
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2348
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1610
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1463
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1430
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1723
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2604
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1669
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1249
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1462
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1716
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$884
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$883
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$889
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$887
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$907
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$908
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$885
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$885
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$896
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$899
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$895
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$881
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$901
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$909
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$879
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$892
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$872
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$967
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$860
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$882
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$850
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$903
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$895
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$906
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$904
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$879
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$911
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$909
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$907
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$919
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$915
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$815
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$771
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$888
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$827
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$885
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$909
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$906
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$902