Maputo vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Pune
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$1306
🏠 One person rent	$531	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1236
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	29	58
😀 Quality of life	41	62
🏙️ Population	1.13M	5.95M

The cost of living in Maputo is 108% more expensive than in Pune. Cities ranked 5045th and 8539th ($1068 vs $513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in Mozambique and India, respectively. Check Mozambique vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Maputo compared to 2.4 months in Pune. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Pune ranked 8th in India, while ranked 6875th and 4894th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Pune

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	Maputo	Pune
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.78	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$20.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$232
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$542
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$354
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$18.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$28.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$9.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	9.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$1168
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$9.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$1.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$2.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$54.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$94.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$1975

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628

Cities near Pune

Distance	City	Cost of living
94 km or 58 mi	Satara	$304
106 km or 66 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
110 km or 68 mi	Kalyan	$381
119 km or 74 mi	Mumbai	$716
119 km or 74 mi	Thane	$501
120 km or 75 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
153 km or 95 mi	Vasai	$284
165 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
199 km or 123 mi	Sangli	$292
206 km or 128 mi	Kolhapur	$307
213 km or 132 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
216 km or 134 mi	Aurangabad	$350
237 km or 147 mi	Solapur	$293
237 km or 147 mi	Malegaon	$378
273 km or 169 mi	Bijapur	$340
287 km or 179 mi	Navsari	$286
288 km or 179 mi	Latur	$397
303 km or 188 mi	Belgaum	$473
314 km or 195 mi	Surat	$771
330 km or 205 mi	Jalgaon	$348
338 km or 210 mi	Panjim	$401
342 km or 212 mi	Gulbarga	$250
347 km or 215 mi	Mormugao	$492
361 km or 224 mi	Margao	$430
366 km or 227 mi	Hubli	$359
373 km or 232 mi	Nanded	$315
403 km or 250 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
411 km or 255 mi	Akola	$295
426 km or 265 mi	Vadodara	$376
447 km or 278 mi	Nizamabad	$294
452 km or 281 mi	Hospet	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Godhra	$371
476 km or 296 mi	Nadiad	$382
480 km or 299 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
486 km or 302 mi	Adoni	$366
488 km or 303 mi	Amravati	$296
501 km or 312 mi	Davanagere	$292
504 km or 313 mi	Hyderabad	$464
505 km or 314 mi	Secunderabad	$395
511 km or 318 mi	Indore	$367