Chennai vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chennai	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1151	$1621
🏠 One person rent	$161	$307
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.9	$63.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$503
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	78	54
😀 Quality of life	68	60
🏙️ Population	10.3M	1.24M

The cost of living in Chennai is 33% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 8842nd and 7240th ($434 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 19th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 0.8 months in Kazan. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Kazan ranked 4th in Russia, while ranked 3676th and 5435th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Kazan

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	Chennai	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.09	$6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.54	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$233
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$707
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$467
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$46.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$71.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.3	$5.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.38%	11.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1913	$2073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$1533
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.54	$6.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$6.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.08	$2.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.31	$3.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$2.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.72	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.8	$22.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.02	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$8.91
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.58	$5.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.5	$60.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42.5	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.5	$229
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$4314

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$337
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$269
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$415
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$339
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$343
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$326
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$367
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$356
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$350
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$326
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$328
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$357
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$585
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$316
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$359
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$337
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$383
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$319
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$399
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$312
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$317
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$287
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$327
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$345
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$341
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$321
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$334
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$309
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$358
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$350
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$309
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$384
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$310
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$375
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$353
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$358
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$369
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$325

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$517
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$500
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$567
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$518
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$623
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$414
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$456
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$542
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$562
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$547
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$537
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$427
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$513
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$497
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$511
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$526
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$597
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$488
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$494
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$501
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$488
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$493
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$629
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$497
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$455
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$612
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$645
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$487
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$531
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$656