Ahmedabad vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$159	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$183	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.3	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$310	$1116
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	57	82
😀 Quality of life	58	71
🏙️ Population	7.65M	5.65M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 54% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 8888th and 5813th ($442 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 4th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Ahmedabad ranked 28th best city to live in India vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6115th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Saint Petersburg

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	Ahmedabad	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.38	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.1	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$200	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.9	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.39	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.05%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$715	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.89	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.99	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.93	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.09	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.39	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.22	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.7	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1440	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566