Detroit vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Detroit	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2064	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4936	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$2122	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3270	$903
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	77	82
😀 Quality of life	86	69
🏙️ Population	639K	15.4M

The cost of living in Detroit is 188% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1678th and 6818th ($2064 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1488th and 2nd in the United States and India, respectively. Check the United States vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Detroit compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Detroit ranked 83rd best city to live in the United States vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 315th and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs Mumbai

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	Detroit	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$960	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2340	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1705	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.6	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1377	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1283	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.9	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.05	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.09	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.76	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.93	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.7	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.7	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1288	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16893	$3007

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1694
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2042
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2064
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1962
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2070
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2086
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1786
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2017
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2102
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1957
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2071
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1936
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2093
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2062
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2022
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2175
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2083
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2030
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2087
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$2032
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1724
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2059
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$2040
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1940
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1963
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2077
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2081
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2390
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2019
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2288
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1837
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1706
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2238
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1778
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1593
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1607
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1943
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1527

Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296