Auckland vs Delhi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Auckland	Delhi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1961	$489
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4489	$1167
🏠 One person rent	$1107	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$1860	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$509	$192
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3143	$231
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	94
😀 Quality of life	91	60
🏙️ Population	1.47M	26.5M

The cost of living in Auckland is 301% more expensive than in Delhi. Cities ranked 2124th and 8745th ($1961 vs $489) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th in New Zealand and India, respectively. Check New Zealand vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Auckland compared to 0.5 months in Delhi. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Delhi ranked 14th in India, while ranked 170th and 5934th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Auckland vs Delhi

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	Auckland	Delhi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.6	$5.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$22.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.08	$3.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.89	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.4	$2.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1141	$209
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1583	$226
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$8.73
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	9.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7253	$2066
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$1144
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.77	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$3.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.55	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.56	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$3.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.56	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$1.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$21.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.3	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.4	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$864	$68.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13612	$1832

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1716
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1678
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1499
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1383
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1250
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1678
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1312
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1423
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1237
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1425
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1493
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1612
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1480
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1379
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1612
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1252
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1743
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1709
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1838
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$1869
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1396
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1254
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1638
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1847
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1536
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$2086
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1461
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1238
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1878
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1811
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1807
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$1022
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$836
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$818
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$997
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1839

Cities near Delhi

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Noida	$437
20 km or 12 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
29 km or 18 mi	Gurgaon	$514
29 km or 18 mi	Faridabad	$383
42 km or 26 mi	Sonipat	$270
59 km or 37 mi	Meerut	$350
68 km or 43 mi	Rohtak	$248
106 km or 66 mi	Bhiwani	$330
122 km or 76 mi	Aligarh	$304
130 km or 81 mi	Sambhal	$301
136 km or 84 mi	Alwar	$260
139 km or 87 mi	Mathura	$293
148 km or 92 mi	Saharanpur	$285
149 km or 92 mi	Moradabad	$290
154 km or 96 mi	Hisar	$262
183 km or 114 mi	Agra	$388
191 km or 119 mi	Rishikesh	$371
200 km or 124 mi	Dehradun	$388
217 km or 135 mi	Bareilly	$290
219 km or 136 mi	Patiala	$357
234 km or 145 mi	Chandigarh	$373
235 km or 146 mi	Sikar	$335
236 km or 146 mi	Jaipur	$387
271 km or 168 mi	Shimla	$270
282 km or 175 mi	Ludhiana	$421
289 km or 180 mi	Gwalior	$329
305 km or 190 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
330 km or 205 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
335 km or 208 mi	Jalandhar	$337
353 km or 219 mi	Ajmer	$274
382 km or 237 mi	Jhansi	$345
388 km or 241 mi	Bikaner	$290
392 km or 244 mi	Kanpur	$320
399 km or 248 mi	Amritsar	$380
411 km or 256 mi	Kota	$333
419 km or 260 mi	Lucknow	$339
423 km or 263 mi	Lahore	$427
428 km or 266 mi	Pathankot	$350
434 km or 270 mi	Okara	$291
449 km or 279 mi	Bhilwara	$328