Ahmedabad vs Canberra - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ahmedabad	Canberra
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$2258
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1030	$5105
🏠 One person rent	$161	$1409
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$2111
🍽️ Food expenses	$174	$584
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$4498
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	58	30
😀 Quality of life	62	85
🏙️ Population	7.65M	381K

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 81% less expensive than in Canberra. Cities ranked 8906th and 1373rd ($433 vs $2258) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 12th in India and Australia, respectively. Check India vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Ahmedabad compared to 2 months in Canberra. Ahmedabad ranked 9th best city to live in India vs Canberra ranked 10th in Australia, while ranked 5691st and 438th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Canberra

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	Ahmedabad	Canberra
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$73.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$8.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$1459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$191	$1714
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.76	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.89%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$861	$9940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$578	$6181
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.52	$86.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.14	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$5.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$17.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$2.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$2.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$26.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.04	$4.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$4.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.6	$62.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.25	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$53.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.11	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$80
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47	$2338
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1402	$17844

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$360
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$367
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$358
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$350
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$298
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$314
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$663
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$267
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$283
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$273
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$299
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$241
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$316
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$346
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$370
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$312
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$329
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$285
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$312
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$252
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$309
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$335
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$355
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$464
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$260
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$476
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$335
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$717
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$335
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$355
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$495
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$282
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$309
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$384
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$320
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$279
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$311

Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1795
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1695
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1701
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1460
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1709
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2481
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$2040
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2844
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2354
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1825
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1855
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1816
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1995
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$2000
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1936
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1915
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1913
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1834
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1493
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2543
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1933
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1889
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1896
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1813
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2179
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1606
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1273
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1905
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1868
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1728
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2364
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1720