Perth vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Perth	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2562	$1487
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5745	$3493
🏠 One person rent	$1566	$783
🏘️ Family rent	$2350	$1306
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$224	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4370	$1896
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	39
😀 Quality of life	96	78
🏙️ Population	2.14M	767K

The cost of living in Perth is 72% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 791st and 4035th ($2562 vs $1487) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in Australia and Croatia, respectively. Check Australia vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 11th and 835th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Zagreb

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	Perth	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.4	$13.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.4	$58.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1736	$734
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$570
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2661	$1318
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1980	$983
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.93%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6868	$5126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5243	$3295
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.45	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.91	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$2.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$9.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.73	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$5.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$4.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.19	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.5	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$8.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.1	$50.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$9.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$103
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2283	$546
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$12142

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1831
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2239
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1986
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2018
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1604
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2355
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1905
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$504
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$493
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$387
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$780
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1115
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1606
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$566
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1493
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$2065
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2179
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$416
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$358
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1896
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1813
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1933
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$386
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$450
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$428
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$437
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2543
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1834
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$499
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$500
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$436
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$402
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1265
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$1072
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1188
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1144
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1347
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1279
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1396
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$1043
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$911
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$661
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$733
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1719
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$586
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1342
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1431
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$953
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1436
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1681
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$972
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$893
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1752
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1659
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$917
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$971
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1170
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$1189
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1372
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1409
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1648
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1381
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1409
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1518
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1029
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1533
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$667
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$1124
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1517
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$1169
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$1172
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$978