Indianapolis vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Indianapolis	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2187	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5233	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$1311	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$2114	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$613	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4970	$1649
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	71	96
😀 Quality of life	90	79
🏙️ Population	888K	17.7M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 128% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1397th and 5948th ($2187 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1219th and 13th 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 2.3 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Indianapolis ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 159th and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Shenzhen

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	Indianapolis	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.2	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.2	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.74	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1457	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1013	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1686	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1980	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.64	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.07	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.9	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.9	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1865	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27094	$24117

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$1999
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1927
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1963
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1954
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1975
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1929
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1905
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1694
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1900
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2092
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1612
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1448
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1894
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1793
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1980
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1822
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1560
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1837
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1814
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1877
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1896
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1436
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1921
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1824
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2464
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1852
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1840
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2124
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1896
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1735
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1894
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1860
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1845
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1856
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1828

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618