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How much does a trip to Adelaide cost?

What a trip to Adelaide costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.

Food, getting around and sights in Adelaide come to A$110–150 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

Full Adelaide guide

Your trip

How much money you still need

Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.

6 nights

Counted at the child fares each operator publishes.

Travel style

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

Accommodation

We have no sample of hotel prices for this city yet, so we will not guess one. Type what you have seen and the lodging tax is worked out from it.

Adjust accommodation, food and the rest

In local currency. We do not estimate this: nobody knows what you will buy.

Already paid for

You still need, flights aside

A$1,600–2,100

≈ $1,100 – $1,400 · rate of October 6, 2026

A$110–150 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people

Expected
A$1,600–2,100
Most trips land in here
Set aside
A$2,100
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
A$180
10% of the trip
  • FoodA$790–900
  • Getting aroundA$150–400
  • Airport, both waysA$11.00–19.00
  • Sights and activitiesA$250–690
  • Nights outA$110–140
  • Lodging tax and odds and endsA$60–100

Of that, in cash: A$0–180

The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.

  • Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
  • Flights are not included.
  • You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles

What a day in Adelaide costs, by how you travel

Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.

Budget

A$69–100 per person per day

Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

FoodLocal and cheap
A$34.00–57.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
A$11.00–29.00
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
A$9.10–25.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
A$2.70–5.50

Mid-range

A$110–150 per person per day

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

FoodMixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
A$57.00–65.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
A$11.00–29.00
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
A$18.00–50.00
Nights outNow and then
A$7.70–10.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
A$4.30–7.10

Comfort

A$160–230 per person per day

The best food level we can price, a taxi when it helps, two paid sights a day.

FoodRestaurants most of the time
A$75.00–94.00
Getting aroundPublic transport, and a taxi now and then
A$15.00–32.00
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
A$36.00–99.00
Nights outNow and then
A$7.70–10.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
A$6.30–11.00

A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.

By length of trip

How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in Adelaide

Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights. It is not the daily figure times the days: airport transfers are paid once, so they weigh less the longer you stay.

DaysBudgetMid-rangeComfort
3A$220–320
A$72–110 a day		A$340–450
A$110–150 a day		A$490–690
A$160–230 a day
5A$350–520
A$71–100 a day		A$540–730
A$110–150 a day		A$790–1,100
A$160–230 a day
7A$490–730
A$70–100 a day		A$780–1,000
A$110–150 a day		A$1,100–1,600
A$160–230 a day
10A$700–1,000
A$70–100 a day		A$1,100–1,500
A$110–150 a day		A$1,600–2,300
A$160–230 a day
14A$980–1,400
A$70–100 a day		A$1,500–2,100
A$110–150 a day		A$2,200–3,200
A$160–230 a day

Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.

Prices

What things cost in Adelaide

Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.

WhatPriceSource
Eating and drinking
Sausage roll, Bakery on O'ConnellA$6.60From the source Oct 2026
Chunky steak pie, Bakery on O'ConnellA$8.00From the source Oct 2026
Small coffee with toast or a croissant, Bakery on O'ConnellA$11.10From the source Oct 2026
Egg, bacon and cheese brioche, Bakery on O'ConnellA$14.00From the source Oct 2026
Beef burger with chips, The Historian HotelA$24.00From the source Oct 2026
Chicken schnitzel with chips and slaw, The Historian HotelA$26.00From the source Oct 2026
Flathead and chips with slaw, battered or grilled, The Historian HotelA$26.00From the source Oct 2026
Lion burger (brisket, bacon and cheese) with chips, The Lion HotelA$28.00From the source Oct 2026
Fish and chips (beer-battered Australian fish), The Lion HotelA$30.00From the source Oct 2026
Imperial pint of Coopers Pale Ale, The Lion HotelA$13.50From the source Oct 2026
Glass of Longview Whippet Sauvignon Blanc (Adelaide Hills), 150 ml, The Lion HotelA$11.00From the source Oct 2026
Getting around
Adelaide Metro bus, train or tram, two hours, off-peak (contactless or metroCARD)A$2.70From the source Oct 2026
Adelaide Metro bus, train or tram, two hours, peak (contactless or metroCARD)A$4.75From the source Oct 2026
Adelaide Metro Daytrip, unlimited travel for the dayA$12.90From the source Oct 2026
Adelaide Metro 3-Day Visitor PassA$29.90From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, 4 km by day, not counting waiting time, with the per-trip government levyA$15.50From the source Oct 2026
J1 or J2 bus, airport to the city (Adelaide Metro fare, off-peak – peak)A$2.70–4.75From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, airport to Victoria Square (6.3 km), weekday daytime, per car (government estimate)A$23.00–26.00From the source Oct 2026
Sights
Adelaide Gaol, self-guided visitA$18.10From the source Oct 2026
Adelaide ZooA$49.50From the source Oct 2026

From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.

What each food level is made of

A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.

Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters
From Chunky steak pie, Bakery on O'Connell + Sausage roll, Bakery on O'Connell (A$14.60) to Small coffee with toast or a croissant, Bakery on O'Connell + Chunky steak pie, Bakery on O'Connell + Sausage roll, Bakery on O'Connell (A$25.70).
Local and cheap
From Small coffee with toast or a croissant, Bakery on O'Connell + Chunky steak pie, Bakery on O'Connell × 2 + Sausage roll, Bakery on O'Connell (A$33.70) to Small coffee with toast or a croissant, Bakery on O'Connell + Egg, bacon and cheese brioche, Bakery on O'Connell + Chunky steak pie, Bakery on O'Connell + Beef burger with chips, The Historian Hotel (A$57.10).
Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
From Small coffee with toast or a croissant, Bakery on O'Connell + Chunky steak pie, Bakery on O'Connell + Beef burger with chips, The Historian Hotel + Imperial pint of Coopers Pale Ale, The Lion Hotel (A$56.60) to Small coffee with toast or a croissant, Bakery on O'Connell + Egg, bacon and cheese brioche, Bakery on O'Connell + Chicken schnitzel with chips and slaw, The Historian Hotel + Imperial pint of Coopers Pale Ale, The Lion Hotel (A$64.60).
Restaurants most of the time
From Small coffee with toast or a croissant, Bakery on O'Connell + Beef burger with chips, The Historian Hotel + Flathead and chips with slaw, battered or grilled, The Historian Hotel + Imperial pint of Coopers Pale Ale, The Lion Hotel (A$74.60) to Small coffee with toast or a croissant, Bakery on O'Connell + Lion burger (brisket, bacon and cheese) with chips, The Lion Hotel + Fish and chips (beer-battered Australian fish), The Lion Hotel + Imperial pint of Coopers Pale Ale, The Lion Hotel + Glass of Longview Whippet Sauvignon Blanc (Adelaide Hills), 150 ml, The Lion Hotel (A$93.60).
Getting around

Which ticket pays off

A pass is only cheaper past a certain number of rides. This is that number, worked out from the published fares.

  • 1-day pass at A$12.90: it pays off from 5 rides a day at A$2.70 each.
  • 3-day pass at A$29.90: it pays off from 4 rides a day at A$2.70 each.

A pass only counts on the lines it covers. Check which ones before you buy.

Accommodation

What the night costs, and the tax on top

There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.

Lodging tax

No lodging tax is charged here. From the source Oct 2026

Saving

What saves money in Adelaide, and what does not

Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.

What saves

  • Eating “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: A$18.00–29.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner”: A$7.50–23.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters” instead of “Local and cheap”: A$19.00–31.00 less per person per day.
  • “Flathead and chips with slaw, battered or grilled, The Historian Hotel” (A$26.00) instead of “Fish and chips (beer-battered Australian fish), The Lion Hotel” (A$30.00): A$4.00 less each time.
  • “Chunky steak pie, Bakery on O'Connell” (A$8.00) instead of “Chicken schnitzel with chips and slaw, The Historian Hotel” (A$26.00): A$18.00 less each time.

What does not

  • The 1-day pass (A$12.90) on fewer than 5 rides of A$2.70 a day: it costs more than paying for each ticket.
Questions

Questions about money in Adelaide

How much money do you need for a week in Adelaide?

For seven days, A$780–1,000 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

How much money do you need for 3 days in Adelaide?

For 3 days, A$340–450 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

What is a realistic daily budget in Adelaide?

Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: A$69–100 on the “Budget” style, A$110–150 on the “Mid-range” style, and A$160–230 on the “Comfort” style.

Can you travel to Adelaide on a budget?

The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: A$69–100 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

How much does food cost in Adelaide?

From A$15.00 per person per day (“Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters”) to A$94.00 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.

How much does transport cost in Adelaide?

A ride on public transport costs A$2.70–4.75. “Taxi, 4 km by day, not counting waiting time, with the per-trip government levy”: A$15.50. The 1-day pass costs A$12.90 and pays off from 5 rides a day at A$2.70 each.

Is there a lodging tax in Adelaide?

None on record as of October 2026.

How much cash should you carry in Adelaide?

For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about A$0.00–91.00 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.

Is it better to use cash or card in Adelaide?

By card: in general.

Do you tip in Adelaide?

Restaurants: optional. Hotels: optional.

Sources

Where every figure comes from

Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

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