Gold Coast vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$974
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$292
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$159
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$310
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	49	40
😀 Quality of life	92	60
🏙️ Population	608K	5.94M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 265% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 839th and 7286th ($2528 vs $693) 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 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Surat ranked 23rd in India, while ranked 124th and 5975th 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	$19.7	$3.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$11.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$3.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$471
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$220
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$7.72
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$489
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$5.49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$4.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$2.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$1.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$17.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$2.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$58.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$929

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$382
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$373
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$294
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$362
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$355
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$379
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$475
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$504
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$310
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$733
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$378
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$302
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$344
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$502
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$297
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$324
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$355
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$257
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$326
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$284
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$268
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$286
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$385
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$331
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$282
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$301
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$282
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$317
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$303
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$321
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$360
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$326
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$319