Indianapolis vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$455
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$1101
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$276
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$56.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	70	20
😀 Quality of life	91	49
🏙️ Population	888K	1.29M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 423% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 1089th and 8852nd ($2382 vs $455) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 1st in the United States and Libya, respectively. Check the United States vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 186th and 6694th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Indianapolis vs Tripoli infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/indianapolis/tripoli.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Indianapolis vs Tripoli infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/indianapolis/tripoli" target="_blank">Indianapolis vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Indianapolis vs Tripoli

Prices for goods and services in Indianapolis and Tripoli are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Indianapolis	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$3.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$0.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$97.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$17.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$27.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	17.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$357
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$7.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$1.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$1.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$1.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$53.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$919

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$350
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$387
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$381
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$394
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$434
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$480
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$398
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1579
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1577
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1666
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1770
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1697
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1739
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1951
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$552
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$433
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$409
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$487
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1271
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$1161
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1234
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$1085
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1232
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$577
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$607
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$529
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1298
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$502
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1141
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$375
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$1046
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1301
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$361
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$403
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161