Addis Ababa vs Hyderabad, India - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Addis Ababa	Hyderabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1180	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2653	$1270
🏠 One person rent	$710	$165
🏘️ Family rent	$1338	$420
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$73.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$207	$1054
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	32	65
😀 Quality of life	39	66
🏙️ Population	5.7M	9.31M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 154% more expensive than in Hyderabad, India. Cities ranked 4540th and 8802nd ($1180 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Ethiopia and India, respectively. Check Ethiopia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Addis Ababa compared to 2.3 months in Hyderabad, India. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Hyderabad, India ranked 5th in India, while ranked 7025th and 4025th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Addis Ababa vs Hyderabad, India infographic

Share this infographic!

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/addis-ababa/hyderabad-in.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Addis Ababa vs Hyderabad, India infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/addis-ababa/hyderabad-in" target="_blank">Addis Ababa vs Hyderabad, India - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Addis Ababa vs Hyderabad, India

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

	Addis Ababa	Hyderabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.27	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.18	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$116
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.4	$23.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$35.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$130	$8.64
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.49%	9.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2510	$1302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1875	$837
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.91	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.57	$3.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$5.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$3.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.46	$9.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.94	$1.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.22	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.49	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$20.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$3.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$8.01
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.13	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$30.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$47.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.3	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3446	$2458

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$886
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$838
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$654
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$718
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$897
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$764
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$542
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$518
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$662
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$571
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$660
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$540
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$487
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$520
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$486
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$488
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$1006
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$482
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$507
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$496
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$503
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$860
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$496
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$506
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$706
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$486
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$481
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$513
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$546
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$877
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$888
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$594
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$541
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$908

Cities near Hyderabad, India

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Secunderabad	$395
87 km or 54 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
92 km or 57 mi	Nalgonda	$298
138 km or 86 mi	Warangal	$372
139 km or 86 mi	Karimnagar	$388
150 km or 93 mi	Nizamabad	$294
173 km or 108 mi	Gulbarga	$250
178 km or 110 mi	Kurnool	$349
179 km or 111 mi	Khammam	$272
190 km or 118 mi	Ramagundam	$358
210 km or 130 mi	Nandyal	$359
230 km or 143 mi	Latur	$397
231 km or 143 mi	Adoni	$366
232 km or 144 mi	Nanded	$315
242 km or 150 mi	Guntur	$280
247 km or 154 mi	Vijayawada	$354
263 km or 163 mi	Tenali	$292
264 km or 164 mi	Chirala	$311
268 km or 166 mi	Ongole	$338
273 km or 169 mi	Solapur	$293
290 km or 180 mi	Eluru	$304
293 km or 182 mi	Proddatur	$355
299 km or 186 mi	Bijapur	$340
312 km or 194 mi	Anantapur	$304
314 km or 195 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
321 km or 200 mi	Hospet	$272
325 km or 202 mi	Kadapa	$367
355 km or 221 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
363 km or 226 mi	Nellore	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Kakinada	$307
404 km or 251 mi	Amravati	$296
405 km or 252 mi	Akola	$295
407 km or 253 mi	Hindupur	$375
418 km or 260 mi	Sangli	$292
422 km or 262 mi	Davanagere	$292
424 km or 264 mi	Madanapalle	$346
426 km or 265 mi	Tirupati	$315
426 km or 265 mi	Nagpur	$466
427 km or 265 mi	Hubli	$359
431 km or 268 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304