Chennai vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$152	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	78	78
😀 Quality of life	66	66
🏙️ Population	6.6M	12.6M

The cost of living in Chennai is 16% less expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 8897th and 8544th ($430 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 499th 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 Zhengzhou. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 4021st and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Zhengzhou

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	Chennai	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.83	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591