Belgrade vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$437
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$1065
🏠 One person rent	$717	$159
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$272
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$164
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$64.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$321
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	50	78
😀 Quality of life	74	65
🏙️ Population	1.2M	6.6M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 205% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 4408th and 8898th ($1335 vs $437) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Serbia and India, respectively. Check Serbia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 0.7 months in Chennai. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Chennai ranked 5th in India, while ranked 2116th and 5272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Belgrade	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$2.25
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$11.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$3.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$108
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$313
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$194
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$29.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$44.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$8.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	9.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$1914
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$746
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$11.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$0.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$9.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$0.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$2.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$31.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$2.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$25.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$50.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$70.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$1729

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$327
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$235
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$291
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$327
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$535
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$300
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$327
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$368
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$334
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$295
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$524
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$304
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$341
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$347
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$345
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$286
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$355
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$290
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$307
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$277
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$347
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$339
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$345
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$310
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$346
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$298
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$347
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$383
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$266
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$301
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$265
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$291
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$266
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$295
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$286