Indianapolis vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	71	56
😀 Quality of life	89	57
🏙️ Population	888K	2.42M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 210% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1378th and 6861st ($2189 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 25th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 191st and 5641st 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	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677