Ahmedabad vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$166	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$5544
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	57	100
😀 Quality of life	54	95
🏙️ Population	7.65M	8.8M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 90% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 8848th and 3rd ($452 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1st 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 1.2 months in New York City. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 5984th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs New York City

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	Ahmedabad	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111