Gold Coast vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$5915
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	49	87
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	608K	1.01M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 42% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 1270th and 6th ($2297 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th 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 1.5 months in San Jose, United States. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 255th and 88th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs San Jose, United States

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	Gold Coast	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$22302

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254