Berlin vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$974
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$292
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$159
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$310
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	40
😀 Quality of life	95	60
🏙️ Population	3.78M	5.94M

The cost of living in Berlin is 232% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1275th and 7286th ($2302 vs $693) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd 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 0.4 months in Surat. Berlin ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Surat ranked 23rd in India, while ranked 35th and 5975th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Surat

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	Berlin	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$3.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$11.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$3.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$471
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$220
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$7.72
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$489
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$5.49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$4.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$2.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$6.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$0.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$17.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$2.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$58.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$929

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$382
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$373
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$294
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$362
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$355
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$379
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$475
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$504
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$310
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$733
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$378
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$302
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$344
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$502
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$297
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$324
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$355
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$257
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$326
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$284
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$268
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$286
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$385
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$331
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$282
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$301
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$282
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$317
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$303
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$321
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$360
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$326
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$319