Gold Coast vs Majuro - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Majuro
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$1496
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$2913
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$954
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$1391
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$432
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$45.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$397
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	49	1
😀 Quality of life	89	37
🏙️ Population	608K	30K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 54% more expensive than in Majuro. Cities ranked 1270th and 3967th ($2297 vs $1496) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Australia and the Marshall Islands, respectively. Check Australia vs the Marshall Islands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.3 months in Majuro. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Majuro ranked 2nd in the Marshall Islands, while ranked 255th and 8202nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Majuro

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	Gold Coast	Majuro
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$29.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$692
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$745
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$1259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$1048
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$67.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	10.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$1376
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$28.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$3.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$7.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$5.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$35.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$3599

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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

Cities near Majuro

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.8 mi	Djarrit	$1502
658 km or 409 mi	South Tarawa	$533
974 km or 605 mi	Yaren	$733
1943 km or 1208 mi	Vaiaku	$684
1944 km or 1208 mi	Funafuti	$683
2115 km or 1314 mi	Auki	$1417
2222 km or 1381 mi	Honiara	$1419
2553 km or 1587 mi	Luganville	$1882
2779 km or 1727 mi	Port Vila	$1884
2828 km or 1757 mi	Lautoka	$596
2846 km or 1769 mi	Nadi	$997
2905 km or 1805 mi	Nasinu	$818
2909 km or 1808 mi	Manase	$751
2910 km or 1808 mi	Suva	$836
2923 km or 1816 mi	Saipan	$1437
2977 km or 1850 mi	Dededo	$2406
2980 km or 1852 mi	Apia	$753
2985 km or 1855 mi	Hagatna	$2786
3100 km or 1926 mi	Lae	$548
3244 km or 2016 mi	Port Moresby	$566
3290 km or 2045 mi	Paita	$1807
3291 km or 2045 mi	Dumbea	$1811
3304 km or 2053 mi	Noumea	$1878
3466 km or 2154 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
3475 km or 2159 mi	Mua	$1022
3509 km or 2181 mi	London	$532
3550 km or 2206 mi	Kauai	$2825
3554 km or 2209 mi	Jayapura	$507
3663 km or 2276 mi	Waipahu	$2700
3668 km or 2279 mi	Pearl	$2637
3668 km or 2279 mi	Mililani Mauka	$2631
3674 km or 2283 mi	Honolulu	$3173
3687 km or 2291 mi	East Honolulu	$2892
3794 km or 2357 mi	Kahului	$3155
3798 km or 2360 mi	Kailua-Kona	$3515
3869 km or 2404 mi	Cairns	$1513
3891 km or 2418 mi	Hilo	$2402
3968 km or 2466 mi	Townsville	$1683
4040 km or 2510 mi	Melekeok	$1176
4041 km or 2511 mi	Ngerulmud	$1175