Ahmedabad vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ahmedabad	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$3420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1030	$7800
🏠 One person rent	$161	$2177
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$3742
🍽️ Food expenses	$174	$761
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$263
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$4482
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	58	99
😀 Quality of life	62	93
🏙️ Population	7.65M	3.9M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 87% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 8906th and 62nd ($433 vs $3420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 47th 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 0.6 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Ahmedabad ranked 9th best city to live in India vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 5691st and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Ahmedabad	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$22.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$8.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$6.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$2356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$4109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$191	$3268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$236
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.76	$69.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.89%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$861	$8186
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$578	$7185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.52	$95.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.14	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$4.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$4.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$6.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$5.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$5.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$2.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$3.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.04	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$5.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$2.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.6	$70.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.25	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$164
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.11	$29.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47	$1748
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1402	$23685

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000