Addis Ababa vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Addis Ababa	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1180	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2653	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$710	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1338	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$207	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	32	40
😀 Quality of life	39	48
🏙️ Population	5.7M	5.94M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 53% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 4540th and 6559th ($1180 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.6 months in Surat. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 7025th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Addis Ababa vs Surat

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	Addis Ababa	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.7	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.27	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.18	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.4	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$130	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.49%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2510	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1875	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.91	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.57	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.46	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.94	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.22	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.49	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.13	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.3	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3446	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340