Maputo vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Maputo	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$915	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2130	$990
🏠 One person rent	$428	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$677	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.3	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$271
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	29	40
😀 Quality of life	42	55
🏙️ Population	1.13M	5.94M

The cost of living in Maputo is 30% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 6137th and 7068th ($915 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Mozambique and India, respectively. Check Mozambique vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Maputo compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Surat ranked 45th in India, while ranked 7527th and 6284th 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	$9.36	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$253	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$448	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.6	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.12%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2063	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.98	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.65	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.89	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.1	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.8	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5749	$922

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$908
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$469
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$599
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$827
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$830
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$838
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$740
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$826
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$892
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$975
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$984
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$890
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$892
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$706
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$984
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$875
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$940
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$808
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$762
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$650
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$577
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$514
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$873
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$598
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$668
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$833
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$637
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$536
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$996
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$901
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$607

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$278
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$374
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$375
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$267
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$382
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$399
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$487
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$324
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$705
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$382
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$303
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$349
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$330
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$264
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$290
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$273
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$297
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$396
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$328
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$285
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$310
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$290
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$305
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$309
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$328
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$366
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$333
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$333