New York City vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$444
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	40
😀 Quality of life	95	48
🏙️ Population	8.8M	5.94M

The cost of living in New York City is 476% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 3rd and 6559th ($4441 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the United States and India, respectively. Check the United States vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New York City compared to 0.6 months in Surat. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 22nd and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Surat

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	New York City	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29.7	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$1261

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

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