Indianapolis vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$725
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	71	60
😀 Quality of life	89	53
🏙️ Population	888K	9.4M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 209% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 1378th and 6849th ($2189 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 51st in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1 months in Ningbo. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 191st and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Ningbo

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	Indianapolis	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$12465

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522