Indianapolis vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$391
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	70	56
😀 Quality of life	91	62
🏙️ Population	888K	2.42M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 201% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1089th and 6702nd ($2382 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 17th in the United States and Brazil, respectively. Check the United States vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 186th and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Salvador

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	Indianapolis	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699