Kolkata vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kolkata	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$404	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1011	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$135	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$258	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.2	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$2738
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	75	72
😀 Quality of life	58	92
🏙️ Population	4.5M	620K

The cost of living in Kolkata is 73% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 8948th and 3353rd ($404 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 271st in India and Germany, respectively. Check India vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Kolkata compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Kolkata ranked 12th best city to live in India vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 5509th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kolkata vs Leipzig

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	Kolkata	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.92	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.6	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$180	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$528	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.24	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.38	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.37	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.94	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.9	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.72	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.93	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.94	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.4	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.4	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$41.7	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1469	$9452

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Cities near Kolkata

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Howrah	$332
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
10 km or 6.2 mi	South Dumdum	$345
11 km or 7.1 mi	Baranagar	$333
12 km or 7.5 mi	Bally	$331
14 km or 8.9 mi	Uttarpara	$327
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kamarhati	$336
15 km or 9.3 mi	North Dumdum	$337
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
17 km or 10 mi	Panihati	$338
20 km or 13 mi	Rajarhat	$347
21 km or 13 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
23 km or 14 mi	Serampore	$330
23 km or 15 mi	Barrackpore	$329
25 km or 15 mi	Uluberia	$341
36 km or 22 mi	Barasat	$350
36 km or 23 mi	Maheshtala	$360
37 km or 23 mi	Chandannagar	$327
37 km or 23 mi	Bhatpara	$337
40 km or 25 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
41 km or 25 mi	Naihati	$328
64 km or 40 mi	Haldia	$394
79 km or 49 mi	Shantipur	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Bardhaman	$314
97 km or 60 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
104 km or 65 mi	Midnapore	$292
107 km or 66 mi	Kharagpur	$283
114 km or 71 mi	Jessore	$289
128 km or 80 mi	Khulna	$303
153 km or 95 mi	Durgapur	$292
174 km or 108 mi	Berhampore	$304
189 km or 118 mi	Asansol	$299
202 km or 125 mi	Kulti	$300
205 km or 127 mi	Rajshahi	$274
209 km or 130 mi	Barisal	$287
223 km or 139 mi	Jamshedpur	$361
239 km or 149 mi	Dhanbad	$293
248 km or 154 mi	Dhaka	$430
251 km or 156 mi	Narayanganj	$309
274 km or 170 mi	Malda	$308

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307