Ahmedabad vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$2308
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$5590
🏠 One person rent	$159	$1286
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$2187
🍽️ Food expenses	$183	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.3	$315
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$310	$4060
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	57	100
😀 Quality of life	58	100
🏙️ Population	7.65M	5.35M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 81% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 8888th and 1249th ($442 vs $2308) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 4th in India and Australia, respectively. Check India vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Ahmedabad ranked 28th best city to live in India vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 6115th 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	$3.38	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.1	$69.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$8.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$3.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$1055
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2675
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$200	$1808
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.9	$101
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$157
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.39	$48.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.05%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$7072
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$715	$5978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$115
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.89	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$9.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$1.06
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.99	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.93	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$4.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$27.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.09	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.9	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.39	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.22	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$72
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.7	$1948
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1440	$22799

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$375
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$374
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$366
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$324
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$315
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$705
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$278
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$303
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$290
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$305
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$264
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$328
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$361
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$382
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$330
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$350
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$303
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$322
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$267
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$333
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$399
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$487
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$274
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$349
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$705
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$366
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$382
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$517
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$297
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$334
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$387
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$324
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$290
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$335

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1681
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1673
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1736
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1768
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1738
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1728
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1706
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1725
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2058
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1464
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1362
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1813
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1662
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1786
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1667
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1660
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2019
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1771
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1678
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2127
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1364
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1568
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1580
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2117
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1599
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1747
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2292
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1888
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2640
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2181
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1839
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1184
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988