Indianapolis vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Indianapolis	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2187	$710
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5233	$2138
🏠 One person rent	$1311	$300
🏘️ Family rent	$2114	$686
🍽️ Food expenses	$613	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$68.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4970	$1012
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	90
😀 Quality of life	90	71
🏙️ Population	888K	13.9M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 208% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 1397th and 6862nd ($2187 vs $710) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1219th and 81st 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 1.4 months in Tianjin. Indianapolis ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Tianjin ranked 10th in China, while ranked 159th and 2285th 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	$25.2	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.2	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.74	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1457	$424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1013	$204
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1072
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1686	$495
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$43.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$67.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$8.33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1980	$7862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$2825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$2.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$9.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.64	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.07	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.9	$14.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$6.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$72.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$3.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.9	$40.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$79.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1865	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27094	$16590

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$700
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$734
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$679
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$693
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$786
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$720
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$742
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$611
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1067
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$769
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$675
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$620
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$649
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$714
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$677
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$482
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$668
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$572
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$605
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$670
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$614
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$677
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$869
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$760
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$748
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$588
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$568
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$616
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$555
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$547
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$670
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$597
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$632
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$581
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$507
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$526
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$618