Chennai vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$1254
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$2954
🏠 One person rent	$159	$650
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$388
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	78	38
😀 Quality of life	66	77
🏙️ Population	6.6M	767K

The cost of living in Chennai is 66% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 8907th and 4447th ($433 vs $1254) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 4th in India and Croatia, respectively. Check India vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 4094th and 748th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Zagreb

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	Chennai	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$8.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$3.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$1101
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$852
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$4189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$3073
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.69
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$9.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$9.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$7.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$5.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$3.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$7.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$91.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$10598

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1142
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$926
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1147
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$999
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1146
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1143
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1217
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$618
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$663
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1500
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$566
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1174
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1270
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1397
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1764
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$802
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$745
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1770
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1362
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$789
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1188
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$851
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1361
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1247
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1674
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1347
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1424
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1061
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1265
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$641
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$883
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1366
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$890
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$860
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$780