Maputo vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$531	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	29	40
😀 Quality of life	41	48
🏙️ Population	1.13M	5.94M

The cost of living in Maputo is 39% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 5045th and 6559th ($1068 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st 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 0.6 months in Surat. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 6875th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Surat

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	Maputo	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.78	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$1261

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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 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