Reykjavik vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Reykjavik	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2938	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5875	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$2674	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$827	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.1	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3761	$4315
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	100
😀 Quality of life	89	100
🏙️ Population	140K	4.84M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 16% more expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 200th and 745th ($2938 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Iceland and Australia, respectively. Check Iceland vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 194th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Sydney

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	Reykjavik	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$137	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.9	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.09	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1650	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2869	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2456	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.1	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.6	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.41%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6649	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5599	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.52	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.74	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.94	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$37	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.6	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.23	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.2	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$45.6	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$128	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$162	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$279	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2532	$17957

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683