Chennai vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$159	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$994
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	78	29
😀 Quality of life	66	44
🏙️ Population	6.6M	6.17M

The cost of living in Chennai is 44% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 8907th and 6548th ($433 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 45th 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 1.3 months in Maoming. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 4094th and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Maoming

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	Chennai	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$18483

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014