Chennai vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$152	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$3761
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	78	53
😀 Quality of life	66	89
🏙️ Population	6.6M	140K

The cost of living in Chennai is 85% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 8897th and 200th ($430 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in India and Iceland, respectively. Check India vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 4021st and 194th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Reykjavik

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	Chennai	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.83	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$2532

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006