Gold Coast vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$903
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	49	82
😀 Quality of life	88	69
🏙️ Population	608K	15.4M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 213% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1278th and 6818th ($2239 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 223rd and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Mumbai

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	Gold Coast	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$3007

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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