Perth vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Perth	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5128	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$2096	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3927	$4361
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	93	52
😀 Quality of life	98	91
🏙️ Population	2.14M	140K

The cost of living in Perth is 28% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 1191st and 88th ($2338 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Australia and Iceland, respectively. Check Australia vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 12th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Reykjavik

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	Perth	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1454	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5455	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4695	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.5	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.4	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1856	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13377	$30378

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242