Ahmedabad vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$166	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$550
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	57	5
😀 Quality of life	54	34
🏙️ Population	7.65M	115K

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 7% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 8848th and 8915th ($452 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 2nd in India and Bhutan, respectively. Check India vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 5984th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Thimphu

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	Ahmedabad	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$666

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300