Gold Coast vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	49	40
😀 Quality of life	88	48
🏙️ Population	608K	5.94M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 190% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1278th and 6559th ($2239 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st 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 0.6 months in Surat. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 223rd and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Surat

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	Gold Coast	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340