Ahmedabad vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ahmedabad	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$471	$2397
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1155	$5694
🏠 One person rent	$182	$1344
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$2215
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.5	$345
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$517	$4357
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	56	100
😀 Quality of life	54	100
🏙️ Population	7.65M	5.03M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 80% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 8798th and 923rd ($471 vs $2397) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 4th in India and Australia, respectively. Check India vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Ahmedabad ranked 18th best city to live in India vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 5969th and 1st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Melbourne

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	Ahmedabad	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.3	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.18	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$1361
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$134	$1146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$376	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$251	$1818
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.5	$101
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.06%	6.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$7512
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$5768
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$3.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$126
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.43	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$4.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$9.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$2.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$4.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.17	$26.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.16	$6.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.2	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.88	$15.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.8	$56.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.37	$23.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$25	$81.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.1	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.4	$1974
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1837	$21306

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$399
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$402
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$391
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$326
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$347
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$785
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$284
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$327
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$295
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$338
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$285
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$360
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$379
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$394
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$344
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$346
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$357
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$375
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$288
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$368
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$396
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$484
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$299
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$406
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$367
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$315
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$519
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$304
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$337
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$395
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$341
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$268
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$371

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1758
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1757
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1876
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1822
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1795
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1799
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1805
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1892
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1357
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1397
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1829
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1717
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1900
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1746
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1798
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2393
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1816
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1748
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2265
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1500
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1674
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1532
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2246
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1732
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1815
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2472
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1997
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2801
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2286
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1833
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2013
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1289
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913