Adelaide vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	40
😀 Quality of life	94	48
🏙️ Population	1.39M	5.94M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 157% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1894th and 6559th ($1978 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st 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 0.6 months in Surat. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 46th and 6336th 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	$14.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$1261

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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	$1669
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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340