Gold Coast vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$4100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	49	81
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	608K	1.43M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 14% more expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 1270th and 1930th ($2297 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1571st in Australia and the United States, respectively. Check Australia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs San Antonio ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 255th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs San Antonio

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	Gold Coast	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$15049

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154