Melbourne vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Melbourne	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2194	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5150	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1216	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1971	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$296	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3902	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	40
😀 Quality of life	100	48
🏙️ Population	5.03M	5.94M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 185% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1365th and 6559th ($2194 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 1st and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Surat

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	Melbourne	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.09	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2611	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6900	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5335	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.51	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.79	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.67	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.2	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.67	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.1	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1683	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19705	$1261

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1669
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963

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