Indianapolis vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	70	70
😀 Quality of life	91	71
🏙️ Population	888K	12.7M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 209% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1089th and 6778th ($2382 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 31st 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 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.5 months in Suzhou. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 186th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Suzhou

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	Indianapolis	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$15339

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610