Jaipur vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jaipur	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$376	$2194
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$5150
🏠 One person rent	$124	$1216
🏘️ Family rent	$308	$1971
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$296
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$558	$3902
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	100
😀 Quality of life	53	100
🏙️ Population	3.07M	5.03M

The cost of living in Jaipur is 83% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 9016th and 1365th ($376 vs $2194) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 41st and 4th in India and Australia, respectively. Check India vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Jaipur compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Jaipur ranked 22nd best city to live in India vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 6045th and 1st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jaipur vs Melbourne

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	Jaipur	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.87	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$67.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.72	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$8.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$128	$1287
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$335	$2611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$230	$1561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.3	$98.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.4	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.28	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.78%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1121	$6900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$440	$5335
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.2	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.33	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.94	$4.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$9.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.29	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.21	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.96	$2.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.26	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$4.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.61	$5.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.41	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$3.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.86	$3.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.43	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.74	$52.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.07	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.3	$70.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$89.7	$1683
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1118	$19705

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Cities near Jaipur

Distance	City	Cost of living
104 km or 64 mi	Alwar	$289
106 km or 66 mi	Sikar	$350
132 km or 82 mi	Ajmer	$279
190 km or 118 mi	Mathura	$292
193 km or 120 mi	Kota	$339
207 km or 129 mi	Gurgaon	$536
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwani	$321
213 km or 133 mi	Bhilwara	$340
215 km or 134 mi	Agra	$353
219 km or 136 mi	Faridabad	$368
231 km or 144 mi	Rohtak	$265
233 km or 145 mi	Noida	$425
236 km or 146 mi	Delhi	$510
243 km or 151 mi	Aligarh	$283
244 km or 152 mi	Gwalior	$328
247 km or 154 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
249 km or 154 mi	Hisar	$251
257 km or 160 mi	Sonipat	$274
280 km or 174 mi	Bikaner	$297
284 km or 176 mi	Pali	$324
286 km or 178 mi	Jodhpur	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Meerut	$342
315 km or 196 mi	Jhansi	$368
322 km or 200 mi	Sambhal	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Udaipur	$310
354 km or 220 mi	Moradabad	$309
377 km or 234 mi	Saharanpur	$283
385 km or 239 mi	Bareilly	$288
408 km or 254 mi	Ratlam	$311
413 km or 256 mi	Patiala	$365
415 km or 258 mi	Ujjain	$298
425 km or 264 mi	Vidisha	$331
426 km or 265 mi	Rishikesh	$349
433 km or 269 mi	Dehradun	$372
434 km or 270 mi	Chandigarh	$369
437 km or 271 mi	Bhopal	$363
444 km or 276 mi	Ludhiana	$441
446 km or 277 mi	Kanpur	$315
467 km or 290 mi	Indore	$367
475 km or 295 mi	Burewala	$356

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1669
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963