Gold Coast vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	49	52
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	608K	686K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 124% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 1270th and 5380th ($2297 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 315th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 255th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Shizuoka

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	Gold Coast	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$19584

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068