Indianapolis vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$1842
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$940
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	70	89
😀 Quality of life	91	74
🏙️ Population	888K	13.9M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 269% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 1089th and 7452nd ($2382 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 98th 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 Tianjin. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Tianjin ranked 9th in China, while ranked 186th and 2435th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Tianjin

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	Indianapolis	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$390
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$46.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$7.05
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$5873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$2154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$14.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$57
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$77.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$18657

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$641
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$707
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$619
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$750
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$688
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$565
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1029
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$558
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$564
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$660
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$614
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$456
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$580
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$616
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$533
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$505
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$574
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$454
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$741
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$654
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$523
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$527
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$499
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$535
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$615
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$544
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$550
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$562
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$573