Auckland vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Auckland	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1968	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4648	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1094	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1952	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$233	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3283	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	32	40
😀 Quality of life	90	48
🏙️ Population	1.47M	5.94M

The cost of living in Auckland is 155% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1924th and 6559th ($1968 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in New Zealand and India, respectively. Check New Zealand vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Auckland compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 161st and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Auckland vs Surat

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	Auckland	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.02	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.92	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1104	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2191	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1679	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7916	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6301	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.56	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.7	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.79	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.19	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.49	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.27	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.7	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.4	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$890	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13719	$1261

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1709
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1736
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1493
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1506
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1213
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1652
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1182
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1418
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1248
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1457
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1433
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1524
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1144
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1444
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1560
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1253
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1607
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1676
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1751
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$1837
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1475
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1248
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1847
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1717
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1746
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$1921
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1435
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1242
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1652
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1604
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1604
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$1002
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$1001
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$808
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$810
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$977
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1448

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340