Berlin vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Berlin	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2027	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4661	$1140
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$2029	$346
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$258	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3225	$848
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	100	78
😀 Quality of life	95	66
🏙️ Population	3.78M	6.6M

The cost of living in Berlin is 371% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 1762nd and 8897th ($2027 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 17th in Germany and India, respectively. Check Germany vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 2 months in Chennai. Berlin ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Chennai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 21st and 4021st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Berlin vs Chennai infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/berlin/chennai.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Berlin vs Chennai infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/berlin/chennai" target="_blank">Berlin vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Berlin vs Chennai

Prices for goods and services in Berlin and Chennai are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Berlin	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$1.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$170
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$832	$102
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$25.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$39
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$10.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	9.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8133	$1935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5908	$767
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.68	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$0.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$6.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.55	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.01	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$0.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$18.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$2.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.3	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.2	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$48.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$80.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9774	$1573

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1707
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1782
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1770
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1714
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1763
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1724
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1691
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1796
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1695
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1711
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1714
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1632
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1663
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1686
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1723
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1690
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1534
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1644
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1442
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1437
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1319
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1241
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1315
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1332
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1350
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1421
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1395
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1282
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1108
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1346
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1022
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306