Adelaide vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$1140
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$346
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	50	78
😀 Quality of life	94	66
🏙️ Population	1.39M	6.6M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 360% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 1894th and 8897th ($1978 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 17th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 2 months in Chennai. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Chennai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 46th and 4021st 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	$14.9	$1.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$170
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$102
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$25.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$39
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$10.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	9.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$1935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$767
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$0.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$6.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$0.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$18.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$2.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$48.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$80.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$1573

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306