Ahmedabad vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ahmedabad	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1030	$6812
🏠 One person rent	$161	$1756
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$3107
🍽️ Food expenses	$174	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$335
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$4188
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	58	99
😀 Quality of life	62	100
🏙️ Population	7.65M	5.45M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 85% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8906th and 370th ($433 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 1st 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 1.5 months in Sydney. Ahmedabad ranked 9th best city to live in India vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5691st and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Sydney

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	Ahmedabad	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$81.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$3992
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$191	$2582
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.76	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.89%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$861	$12962
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$578	$7403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.52	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.14	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$4.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$28.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.04	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.6	$66
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.25	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.11	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47	$2275
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1402	$25164

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2354
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2040
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1709
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1995
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1701
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1795
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1460
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2258
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1855
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1273
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1825
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1816
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$2000
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2341
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1936
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1915
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1493
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1913
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1825
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1834
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2543
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1933
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1896
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2323
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1813
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1992
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2179
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1606
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1863