Chennai vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$761
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$1990
🏠 One person rent	$152	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$593
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$83.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$922
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	78	27
😀 Quality of life	66	43
🏙️ Population	6.6M	8.97M

The cost of living in Chennai is 43% less expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 8897th and 6620th ($430 vs $761) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 37th in India and China, respectively. Check India vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.2 months in Ganzhou. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs Ganzhou ranked 148th in China, while ranked 4021st and 6697th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Ganzhou

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	Chennai	Ganzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.83	$2.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$486
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	3.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$6871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$3172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$3.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$5.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$8.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$17058

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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

Cities near Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$600
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$818
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$724
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$655
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$564
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$649
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$590
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$577
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$764
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$563
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$590
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$603
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$585
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$755
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$443
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$451
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$582
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$569
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$601
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$581
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$577
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$506
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$656
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$630
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$603
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$609
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$936
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$774
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$688
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$579
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$611
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$570
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$601
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$823
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$916