Melbourne vs Osaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Melbourne	Osaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2194	$1242
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5150	$3092
🏠 One person rent	$1216	$552
🏘️ Family rent	$1971	$1076
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$364
🚐 Transport expenses	$296	$224
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3902	$2086
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	100	95
🏙️ Population	5.03M	2.75M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 77% more expensive than in Osaka. Cities ranked 1365th and 4366th ($2194 vs $1242) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 29th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 1.7 months in Osaka. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Osaka ranked 3rd in Japan, while ranked 1st and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Melbourne vs Osaka infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/melbourne/osaka.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Melbourne vs Osaka infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/melbourne/osaka" target="_blank">Melbourne vs Osaka - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Melbourne vs Osaka

Prices for goods and services in Melbourne and Osaka are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Melbourne	Osaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$6.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$5.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.09	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$628
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$399
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2611	$1311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$832
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$77.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$29.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	1.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6900	$3491
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5335	$2753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.51	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$34.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$31.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$2.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.79	$6.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$4.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29	$3.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.67	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.2	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.67	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$60.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$18.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.1	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1683	$66.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19705	$8318

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1668
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963

Cities near Osaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Suita	$1302
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Kadoma	$1101
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
10 km or 6.4 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
10 km or 6.5 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
11 km or 6.7 mi	Settsu	$1142
11 km or 7 mi	Daito	$1065
12 km or 7.3 mi	Yao	$1079
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shijonawate	$1065
14 km or 8.4 mi	Itami	$1062
14 km or 8.5 mi	Matsubara	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Neyagawa	$1100
14 km or 8.8 mi	Sakai	$1146
15 km or 9.3 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
15 km or 9.4 mi	Ikeda	$1046
15 km or 9.4 mi	Minoh	$1059
16 km or 9.8 mi	Fujiidera	$1047
16 km or 10 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
17 km or 11 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
17 km or 11 mi	Kashiwara	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
18 km or 11 mi	Habikino	$1040
18 km or 11 mi	Ikoma	$1009
19 km or 12 mi	Ashiya	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Hirakata	$1091
19 km or 12 mi	Katano	$1039
20 km or 12 mi	Takaishi	$1051
20 km or 13 mi	Takatsuki	$1087
21 km or 13 mi	Sango	$1019
22 km or 13 mi	Osakasayama	$1047
22 km or 14 mi	Oji	$1019
23 km or 14 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
23 km or 14 mi	Ikaruga	$998
23 km or 14 mi	Tondabayashi	$1042
24 km or 15 mi	Izumi	$1065
24 km or 15 mi	Kanmaki	$1018
25 km or 15 mi	Kashiba	$1026
25 km or 16 mi	Inagawa	$1045
26 km or 16 mi	Nara	$1008