Luanda vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luanda	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$496	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.7	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	19	40
😀 Quality of life	53	48
🏙️ Population	2.49M	5.94M

The cost of living in Luanda is 31% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 5424th and 6559th ($1012 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Angola and India, respectively. Check Angola vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Luanda compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Luanda ranked 1st best city to live in Angola vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 6024th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luanda vs Surat

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	Luanda	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.84	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.9	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.9	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2330	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1341	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.3	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.5	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$133	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.82%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10449	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.2	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.88	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.79	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.58	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.98	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.5	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.5	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.51	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.8	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$700	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15041	$1261

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Cities near Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$863
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$788
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$821
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$844
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$676
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$645
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$671
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$577
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$523
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$519
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$520
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$580
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$876
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$522
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$634
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$934
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$731
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$976
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$668
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$850
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$828
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$900
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1121
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$900
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$742
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$975
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$747
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$811
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$482
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$741
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1265
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$655
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$961

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340