Chennai vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chennai	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$3427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1151	$7903
🏠 One person rent	$161	$2366
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$4375
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$686
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.9	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$5439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	78	87
😀 Quality of life	68	91
🏙️ Population	10.3M	1.39M

The cost of living in Chennai is 87% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 8842nd and 26th ($434 vs $3427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 23rd in India and the United States, respectively. Check India vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs San Diego ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 3676th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Chennai vs San Diego infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/chennai/san-diego.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Chennai vs San Diego infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/chennai/san-diego" target="_blank">Chennai vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Chennai vs San Diego

Prices for goods and services in Chennai and San Diego are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Chennai	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.09	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.54	$85.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$8.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$2498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$2064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$4740
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$3919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.3	$73.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.38%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1913	$11408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$8035
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$71.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.54	$22.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$3.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$4.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$4.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.08	$10.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.31	$16.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$4.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.72	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.8	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.02	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$129
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.58	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.5	$61.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42.5	$95.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.5	$1701
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$18429

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3051
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2907
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2868
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2867
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2910
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1184
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2784
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2879
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2884
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2722
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2732
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3094
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2597
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$3070
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3155
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2751
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2684
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2803
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2637
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$1027
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2879
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2609
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2606