Gold Coast vs Suva - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Suva
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$836
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$2026
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$437
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$762
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$23.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$561
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	49	26
😀 Quality of life	89	58
🏙️ Population	608K	88.3K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 175% more expensive than in Suva. Cities ranked 1270th and 6511th ($2297 vs $836) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Australia and Fiji, respectively. Check Australia vs Fiji comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.7 months in Suva. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Suva ranked 1st in Fiji, while ranked 255th and 6102nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Suva

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	Gold Coast	Suva
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$6.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$2.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$494
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$886
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$629
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$37.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$57.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$23.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	7.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$1333
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$817
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$3.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$8.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$7.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$5.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$3.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$28
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$70.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$13960

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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 Suva

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nasinu	$818
114 km or 71 mi	Nadi	$997
118 km or 73 mi	Lautoka	$596
745 km or 463 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
755 km or 469 mi	Mua	$1022
1072 km or 666 mi	Vaiaku	$684
1073 km or 667 mi	Funafuti	$683
1073 km or 667 mi	Port Vila	$1884
1112 km or 691 mi	Manase	$751
1145 km or 711 mi	Apia	$753
1233 km or 766 mi	Luganville	$1882
1328 km or 825 mi	Dumbea	$1811
1332 km or 827 mi	Noumea	$1878
1335 km or 830 mi	Paita	$1807
1997 km or 1241 mi	Whangarei	$1250
2086 km or 1296 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
2112 km or 1312 mi	Auckland	$1961
2121 km or 1318 mi	Waitakere	$1716
2125 km or 1320 mi	Manukau	$1678
2148 km or 1335 mi	Pukekohe	$1499
2180 km or 1355 mi	Auki	$1417
2185 km or 1358 mi	Tauranga	$1678
2206 km or 1371 mi	Hamilton	$1383
2216 km or 1377 mi	Honiara	$1419
2234 km or 1388 mi	Rotorua	$1312
2253 km or 1400 mi	South Tarawa	$533
2283 km or 1419 mi	Gisborne	$1612
2297 km or 1427 mi	Taupo	$1423
2306 km or 1433 mi	Avarua	$1019
2325 km or 1445 mi	Yaren	$733
2364 km or 1469 mi	New Plymouth	$1237
2379 km or 1478 mi	Napier	$1493
2397 km or 1490 mi	Hastings	$1480
2446 km or 1520 mi	Whanganui	$1425
2486 km or 1545 mi	Palmerston North	$1379
2553 km or 1586 mi	Masterton	$1252
2554 km or 1587 mi	Paraparaumu	$1612
2578 km or 1602 mi	Upper Hutt	$1709
2580 km or 1603 mi	Porirua	$1743
2589 km or 1608 mi	Lower Hutt	$1838