Adelaide vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$1143
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$159
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$379
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$868
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	50	78
😀 Quality of life	93	66
🏙️ Population	1.3M	6.6M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 419% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 1267th and 8907th ($2246 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 20th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 2 months in Chennai. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Chennai ranked 2nd in India, while ranked 64th and 4094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Chennai

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	Adelaide	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$10.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$2.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$526
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$24.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$38.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	9.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$1926
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$804
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$0.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$0.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$0.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$2.49
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$26
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$47.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$82.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$1425

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2013
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1816
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1397
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1357
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1795
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1822
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1892
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1757
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1717
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2397
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1758
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1876
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1746
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1799
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1800
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1805
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1829
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2393
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1900
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1815
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1500
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1748
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1674
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1798
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1532
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1732
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1997
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2472
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2265
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2801
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2286
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1833
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1289
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287