Adelaide vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$409
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1006
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$142
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$243
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$67
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$254
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	50	79
😀 Quality of life	92	65
🏙️ Population	1.39M	6.6M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 476% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 1178th and 8947th ($2355 vs $409) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 15th 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 0.6 months in Chennai. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Chennai ranked 2nd in India, while ranked 75th and 5131st 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	$15.8	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$10.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$160
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$97.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$282
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$178
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$24
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$36.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$7.79
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	9.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$1739
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$712
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$4.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$0.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.58
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$6.29
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$0.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$0.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$15.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$2.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$2.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$37.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$71.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$1792

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$306
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$232
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$302
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$322
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$508
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$294
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$320
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$348
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$339
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$317
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$283
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$507
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$290
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$339
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$325
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$331
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$274
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$303
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$273
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$292
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$265
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$330
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$328
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$317
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$290
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$332
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$280
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$342
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$313
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$359
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$255
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$281
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$247
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$327
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$271
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$264
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$259