Ahmedabad vs Houston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Houston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$5664
🏠 One person rent	$166	$1305
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$2467
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$581
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$4390
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	57	100
😀 Quality of life	54	91
🏙️ Population	7.65M	2.3M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 80% less expensive than in Houston. Cities ranked 8848th and 1229th ($452 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1115th in India and the United States, respectively. Check India vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.9 months in Houston. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Houston ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 5984th and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Houston

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	Ahmedabad	Houston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$17.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$76
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$5.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$1390
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$1037
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$2766
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$2058
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$65.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$2714
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$1949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$71.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$9.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$3.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$37.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$127
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$1470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$18964

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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 Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182