Chennai vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chennai	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$437	$2718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1065	$6205
🏠 One person rent	$159	$1790
🏘️ Family rent	$272	$3191
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.2	$230
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$321	$1245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	78	100
😀 Quality of life	65	83
🏙️ Population	6.6M	7.41M

The cost of living in Chennai is 84% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 8898th and 532nd ($437 vs $2718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in India and China, respectively. Check India vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chennai compared to 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Chennai ranked 5th best city to live in India vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 5272nd and 548th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Hong Kong

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	Chennai	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.25	$8.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.91	$6.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$7.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$2068
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$1498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$3648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$2751
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.96	$23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.55%	3.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1914	$26310
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$746	$16253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$3.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.87	$4.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$25.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.05	$19.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.8	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$75.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.79	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.9	$65.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.8	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.4	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.8	$1018
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1729	$22102

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$327
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$235
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$291
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$327
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$535
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$300
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$327
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$368
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$334
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$295
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$524
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$304
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$341
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$347
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$345
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$286
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$355
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$290
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$307
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$277
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$347
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$339
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$345
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$310
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$346
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$298
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$347
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$383
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$266
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$301
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$265
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$291
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$266
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$295
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$286

Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$878
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$662
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1746
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$518
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$662
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$608
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$829
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$758
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$941
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$589
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$827
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$766
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$777
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$816
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$892
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$454
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$669
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$809
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$765
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$773
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$780
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$766
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$897
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$750
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$726
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$697
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$707
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$677
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$693
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$901
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$546
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598