Cape Town vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cape Town	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$881	$809
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2144	$1207
🏠 One person rent	$484	$554
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.2	$49.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1518	$411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	55	40
😀 Quality of life	60	51
🏙️ Population	434K	5.94M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 9% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 6078th and 6358th ($881 vs $809) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in South Africa and India, respectively. Check South Africa vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cape Town compared to 0.5 months in Surat. Cape Town ranked 3rd best city to live in South Africa vs Surat ranked 37th in India, while ranked 5406th and 6236th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cape Town vs Surat

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	Cape Town	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.47	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$10.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$3.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.94	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$536	$491
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$529
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1202	$1128
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$749	$264
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$26.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$41.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.2	$6.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.61%	8.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.04	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.8	$6.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$2.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$0.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$5.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$8.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.51	$7.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$3.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$2.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.76	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.22	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$15.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.9	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$2.54
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$27.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.4	$41.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$172	$70.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4013	$1785

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$773
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$632
371 km or 231 mi	George	$684
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$805
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$866
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$643
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$704
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$703
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$753
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$710
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$683
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$511
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$535
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$689
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$682
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$765
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$719
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$738
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$631
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$633
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$875
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$656
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$603
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$776
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$807
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$889
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$780
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$751
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$718

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