Indianapolis vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$903
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	71	82
😀 Quality of life	89	69
🏙️ Population	888K	15.4M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 206% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1378th and 6818th ($2189 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 191st and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Mumbai

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	Indianapolis	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$3007

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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