Melbourne vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Melbourne	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2543	$1139
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6242	$2793
🏠 One person rent	$1414	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$2478	$1013
🍽️ Food expenses	$607	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$361	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4489	$1316
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	100	85
😀 Quality of life	100	71
🏙️ Population	5.35M	5.65M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 123% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 829th and 4898th ($2543 vs $1139) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 5th in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 1.2 months in Saint Petersburg. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 1st and 3542nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

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/saint-petersburg.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Melbourne vs Saint Petersburg infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/melbourne/saint-petersburg" target="_blank">Melbourne vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Melbourne vs Saint Petersburg

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

	Melbourne	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$9.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.1	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.51	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.15	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1557	$738
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1162	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2836	$1362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2092	$765
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$78.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$8.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.58%	20.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6978	$4926
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6027	$3068
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$1.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$140	$47.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$11.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.94	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$5.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$3.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$8.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$1.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.14	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.8	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2326	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22313	$13865

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	$1834
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1813
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1913
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1933
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1896
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1915
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1936
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2179
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1606
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$2000
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1816
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1868
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1825
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1728
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2258
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1905
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1795
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2364
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1460
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1701
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2355
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1709
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1855
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2481
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2040
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2354
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1995
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1273
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1081
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1079
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1467
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1448
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1104
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1490
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1478
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1383
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1312
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$1085
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1445
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1521
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$758
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1220
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1533
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1673
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1428
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1759
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1843
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1550
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1698
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$834
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1970
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1455
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1644
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1531
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1974
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1419
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1594
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1054
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1684
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1436
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1391
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1492
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1403
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1525
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1578
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1179
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1597