Adelaide vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$974
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$292
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$159
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$310
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	40
😀 Quality of life	93	60
🏙️ Population	1.39M	5.94M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 237% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1210th and 7286th ($2338 vs $693) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd 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 0.4 months in Surat. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Surat ranked 23rd in India, while ranked 73rd and 5975th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Surat

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	Adelaide	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$3.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$11.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$471
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$220
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$7.72
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$489
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$5.49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$2.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$6.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$1.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$0.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$17.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$58.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$929

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$382
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$373
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$294
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$362
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$355
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$379
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$475
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$504
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$310
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$733
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$378
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$302
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$344
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$502
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$297
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$324
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$355
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$257
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$326
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$284
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$268
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$286
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$385
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$331
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$282
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$301
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$282
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$317
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$303
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$321
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$360
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$326
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$319