Canberra vs Delhi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Canberra	Delhi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2019	$489
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4571	$1167
🏠 One person rent	$1242	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$519	$192
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3565	$231
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	30	94
😀 Quality of life	86	60
🏙️ Population	381K	26.5M

The cost of living in Canberra is 313% more expensive than in Delhi. Cities ranked 1949th and 8745th ($2019 vs $489) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 9th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Canberra compared to 0.5 months in Delhi. Canberra ranked 10th best city to live in Australia vs Delhi ranked 14th in India, while ranked 413th and 5934th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Delhi

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	Canberra	Delhi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$5.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.8	$22.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.5	$3.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.6	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$209
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2461	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1543	$226
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.7	$8.73
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.01%	9.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7420	$2066
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4762	$1144
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.28	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.41	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.15	$3.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$6.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.62	$1.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.44	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.5	$21.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1751	$68.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13305	$1832

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1678
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1580
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1568
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1364
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1599
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2292
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1888
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2640
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2181
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1667
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1747
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1662
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1839
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1813
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1725
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1706
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1736
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1681
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1362
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2308
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1768
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1728
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1738
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1673
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2058
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1464
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1184
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1771
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1786
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1660
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2127
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1639

Cities near Delhi

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Noida	$437
20 km or 12 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
29 km or 18 mi	Gurgaon	$514
29 km or 18 mi	Faridabad	$383
42 km or 26 mi	Sonipat	$270
59 km or 37 mi	Meerut	$350
68 km or 43 mi	Rohtak	$248
106 km or 66 mi	Bhiwani	$330
122 km or 76 mi	Aligarh	$304
130 km or 81 mi	Sambhal	$301
136 km or 84 mi	Alwar	$260
139 km or 87 mi	Mathura	$293
148 km or 92 mi	Saharanpur	$285
149 km or 92 mi	Moradabad	$290
154 km or 96 mi	Hisar	$262
183 km or 114 mi	Agra	$388
191 km or 119 mi	Rishikesh	$371
200 km or 124 mi	Dehradun	$388
217 km or 135 mi	Bareilly	$290
219 km or 136 mi	Patiala	$357
234 km or 145 mi	Chandigarh	$373
235 km or 146 mi	Sikar	$335
236 km or 146 mi	Jaipur	$387
271 km or 168 mi	Shimla	$270
282 km or 175 mi	Ludhiana	$421
289 km or 180 mi	Gwalior	$329
305 km or 190 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
330 km or 205 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
335 km or 208 mi	Jalandhar	$337
353 km or 219 mi	Ajmer	$274
382 km or 237 mi	Jhansi	$345
388 km or 241 mi	Bikaner	$290
392 km or 244 mi	Kanpur	$320
399 km or 248 mi	Amritsar	$380
411 km or 256 mi	Kota	$333
419 km or 260 mi	Lucknow	$339
423 km or 263 mi	Lahore	$427
428 km or 266 mi	Pathankot	$350
434 km or 270 mi	Okara	$291
449 km or 279 mi	Bhilwara	$328