Changsha vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$1140
🏠 One person rent	$190	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$346
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$848
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	95	78
😀 Quality of life	68	66
🏙️ Population	10M	6.6M

The cost of living in Changsha is 34% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 7932nd and 8897th ($577 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th and 17th in China and India, respectively. Check China vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 2 months in Chennai. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Chennai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 3100th and 4021st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Chennai

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	Changsha	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$1.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$170
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$102
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$25.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$39
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$10.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	9.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$1935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$767
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$0.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$6.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$0.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$18.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$2.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$48.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$80.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$1573

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

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