Ahmedabad vs Chengdu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Chengdu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$1664
🏠 One person rent	$166	$240
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$430
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$83.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$863
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	57	94
😀 Quality of life	54	72
🏙️ Population	7.65M	20.9M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 28% less expensive than in Chengdu. Cities ranked 8848th and 7421st ($452 vs $623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 164th in India and China, respectively. Check India vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.4 months in Chengdu. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Chengdu ranked 9th in China, while ranked 5984th and 1890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Chengdu

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	Ahmedabad	Chengdu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$31.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	4.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$3812
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$2020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$3.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$3.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$6.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$72.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$305
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$11550

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574