Bandar Seri Begawan vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bandar Seri Begawan	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1038	$809
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$1207
🏠 One person rent	$574	$554
🏘️ Family rent	$1164	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.9	$49.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2090	$411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	40
😀 Quality of life	74	51
🏙️ Population	50K	5.94M

The cost of living in Bandar Seri Begawan is 28% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 5060th and 6358th ($1038 vs $809) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Brunei and India, respectively. Check Brunei vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Bandar Seri Begawan compared to 0.5 months in Surat. Bandar Seri Begawan ranked 1st best city to live in Brunei vs Surat ranked 37th in India, while ranked 1329th and 6236th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bandar Seri Begawan vs Surat

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	Bandar Seri Begawan	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.09	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.9	$10.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$3.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.37	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$491
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$454	$529
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1318	$1128
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$992	$264
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.1	$26.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$41.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$6.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.77%	8.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1785	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2860	$717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.5	$6.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$2.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.39	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$0.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.65	$5.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$8.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.1	$7.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$3.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.6	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.98	$2.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46	$15.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.93	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.7	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$2.54
👖 Brand Jeans	$48	$27.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$41.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$70.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13397	$1785

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Cities near Bandar Seri Begawan

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Seria	$1108
89 km or 55 mi	Kuala Belait	$1276
117 km or 73 mi	Miri	$492
174 km or 108 mi	Kota Kinabalu	$574
285 km or 177 mi	Bintulu	$479
336 km or 209 mi	Tawau	$464
351 km or 218 mi	Tarakan	$537
369 km or 229 mi	Sandakan	$465
379 km or 236 mi	Lahad Datu	$470
451 km or 280 mi	Sibu	$495
604 km or 376 mi	Bontang	$577
630 km or 392 mi	Kuching	$537
652 km or 405 mi	Samarinda	$604
684 km or 425 mi	Puerto Princesa	$575
710 km or 441 mi	Balikpapan	$643
711 km or 442 mi	Palawan	$584
796 km or 495 mi	Singkawang	$442
800 km or 497 mi	Palangka Raya	$484
823 km or 512 mi	Zamboanga	$440
828 km or 514 mi	Pontianak	$444
848 km or 527 mi	Palu	$568
918 km or 570 mi	Banjarmasin	$460
932 km or 579 mi	Banjarbaru	$450
986 km or 612 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$526
990 km or 615 mi	Mui Ne	$553
995 km or 618 mi	Pagadian	$493
1001 km or 622 mi	Phan Thiet	$566
1027 km or 638 mi	Gorontalo	$429
1030 km or 640 mi	Nha Trang	$554
1037 km or 644 mi	Kabankalan	$603
1052 km or 653 mi	Vung Tau	$534
1057 km or 657 mi	Da Lat	$512
1058 km or 657 mi	Palopo	$525
1061 km or 659 mi	Iloilo	$531
1063 km or 661 mi	Cotabato	$399
1073 km or 667 mi	Bago	$587
1092 km or 678 mi	Marawi	$412
1092 km or 679 mi	Bacolod	$612
1095 km or 680 mi	Iligan	$499
1100 km or 683 mi	Boracay	$841

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$301
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$399
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$377
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$396
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$315
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$345
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$385
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$391
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$482
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$457
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$353
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$706
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$377
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$359
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$379
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$510
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$323
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$358
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$390
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$281
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$338
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$308
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$400
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$375
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$431
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$338
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$345
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$325
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$359
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$336
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$352
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$342
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$334
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$352
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$370
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$361