Adelaide vs Delhi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Delhi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$489
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1167
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$192
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$231
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	94	60
🏙️ Population	1.39M	26.5M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 333% more expensive than in Delhi. Cities ranked 1686th and 8745th ($2117 vs $489) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 9th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.5 months in Delhi. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Delhi ranked 14th in India, while ranked 65th and 5934th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Delhi

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	Adelaide	Delhi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$5.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$22.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$3.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$209
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$226
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$8.73
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	9.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$2066
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$1144
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$3.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$3.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$1.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$21.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$68.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$1832

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Delhi

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Noida	$437
20 km or 12 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
29 km or 18 mi	Gurgaon	$514
29 km or 18 mi	Faridabad	$383
42 km or 26 mi	Sonipat	$270
59 km or 37 mi	Meerut	$350
68 km or 43 mi	Rohtak	$248
106 km or 66 mi	Bhiwani	$330
122 km or 76 mi	Aligarh	$304
130 km or 81 mi	Sambhal	$301
136 km or 84 mi	Alwar	$260
139 km or 87 mi	Mathura	$293
148 km or 92 mi	Saharanpur	$285
149 km or 92 mi	Moradabad	$290
154 km or 96 mi	Hisar	$262
183 km or 114 mi	Agra	$388
191 km or 119 mi	Rishikesh	$371
200 km or 124 mi	Dehradun	$388
217 km or 135 mi	Bareilly	$290
219 km or 136 mi	Patiala	$357
234 km or 145 mi	Chandigarh	$373
235 km or 146 mi	Sikar	$335
236 km or 146 mi	Jaipur	$387
271 km or 168 mi	Shimla	$270
282 km or 175 mi	Ludhiana	$421
289 km or 180 mi	Gwalior	$329
305 km or 190 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
330 km or 205 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
335 km or 208 mi	Jalandhar	$337
353 km or 219 mi	Ajmer	$274
382 km or 237 mi	Jhansi	$345
388 km or 241 mi	Bikaner	$290
392 km or 244 mi	Kanpur	$320
399 km or 248 mi	Amritsar	$380
411 km or 256 mi	Kota	$333
419 km or 260 mi	Lucknow	$339
423 km or 263 mi	Lahore	$427
428 km or 266 mi	Pathankot	$350
434 km or 270 mi	Okara	$291
449 km or 279 mi	Bhilwara	$328