Indianapolis vs Mersin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Mersin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$820
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$2027
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$668
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$49.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$688
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	42 km
🎓 Higher education	70	44
😀 Quality of life	91	66
🏙️ Population	888K	1.04M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 191% more expensive than in Mersin. Cities ranked 1089th and 6587th ($2382 vs $820) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 19th in the United States and Turkey, respectively. Check the United States vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.8 months in Mersin. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Mersin ranked 7th in Turkey, while ranked 186th and 5008th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Mersin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$5.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$2.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$15.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	37.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$1505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$1166
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$5.32
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$2.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$2.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$0.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$8.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$38.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$143
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$6015

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

Cities near Mersin

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 18 mi	Tarsus	$724
67 km or 42 mi	Adana	$791
93 km or 58 mi	Eregli	$690
106 km or 66 mi	Mut	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Ceyhan	$599
121 km or 75 mi	Bor	$754
128 km or 80 mi	Kozan	$623
130 km or 81 mi	Nigde	$781
131 km or 82 mi	Karaman	$420
136 km or 84 mi	Iskenderun	$591
146 km or 90 mi	Samandag	$647
146 km or 91 mi	Kadirli	$550
148 km or 92 mi	Osmaniye	$337
152 km or 95 mi	Antakya	$659
170 km or 106 mi	Hassa	$544
177 km or 110 mi	Latakia	$441
181 km or 112 mi	Islahiye	$530
182 km or 113 mi	Aksaray	$838
184 km or 114 mi	Reyhanli	$619
197 km or 122 mi	Famagusta	$1376
200 km or 124 mi	Kyrenia	$1305
203 km or 126 mi	Nevsehir	$820
204 km or 127 mi	Paralimni	$1403
205 km or 127 mi	Idlib	$543
213 km or 132 mi	Nicosia	$1453
223 km or 139 mi	Kilis	$600
223 km or 139 mi	Konya	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Kahramanmaras	$704
225 km or 140 mi	Dali	$1420
225 km or 140 mi	Talas	$696
226 km or 140 mi	Aradippou	$1275
227 km or 141 mi	Larnaca	$1587
228 km or 142 mi	Kayseri	$725
235 km or 146 mi	Alanya	$734
236 km or 147 mi	Aleppo	$535
248 km or 154 mi	Gaziantep	$602
264 km or 164 mi	Kirsehir	$750
267 km or 166 mi	Hama	$438
276 km or 171 mi	Limassol	$2175
278 km or 173 mi	Ypsonas	$1945