Ahmedabad vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ahmedabad	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$2543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1030	$6242
🏠 One person rent	$161	$1414
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$2478
🍽️ Food expenses	$174	$607
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$361
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$4489
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	58	100
😀 Quality of life	62	100
🏙️ Population	7.65M	5.35M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 83% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 8906th and 829th ($433 vs $2543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 4th in India and Australia, respectively. Check India vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Ahmedabad ranked 9th best city to live in India vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 5691st 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	$3.13	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$67.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$9.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$3.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$1557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$2836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$191	$2092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.76	$51.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.89%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$861	$6978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$578	$6027
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.52	$140
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.14	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$9.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$5.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$3.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$2.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$2.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$5.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.04	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$3.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.6	$55.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.25	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$56.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.11	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47	$2326
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1402	$22313

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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 Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1834
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1813
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1913
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1933
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1896
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1915
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1936
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2179
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1606
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$2000
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1816
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1868
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1825
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1728
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2258
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1905
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1795
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2364
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1460
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1701
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2355
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1709
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1855
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2481
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2040
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2354
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1995
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1273
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132