New York City vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New York City	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4051	$785
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8925	$1240
🏠 One person rent	$2620	$533
🏘️ Family rent	$4454	$534
🍽️ Food expenses	$807	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$399	$46.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5777	$456
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	40
😀 Quality of life	97	48
🏙️ Population	8.8M	5.94M

The cost of living in New York City is 416% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 5th and 6501st ($4051 vs $785) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1.4 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 41st in India, while ranked 13th and 6339th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in New York City vs Surat infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/new-york/surat.jpg" alt="Cost of living in New York City vs Surat infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/new-york/surat" target="_blank">New York City vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in New York City vs Surat

Prices for goods and services in New York City and Surat are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	New York City	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.7	$3.26
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$9.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.78	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$1.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.16	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2702	$476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2361	$509
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5005	$1088
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3996	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$37.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.3	$6.53
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.73%	8.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$19111	$881
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3215	$664
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.88	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$5.92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$2.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$4.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$8.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$0.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$8.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$3.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.1	$4.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.97	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$0.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$144	$14.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.8	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$14.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.4	$2.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$42.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1717	$55.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20585	$1527

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$284
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$406
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$399
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$288
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$394
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$391
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$396
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$484
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$326
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$402
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$357
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$406
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$519
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$327
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$344
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$379
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$285
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$347
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$295
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$312
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$304
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$409
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$360
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$294
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$283
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$310
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$338
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$332
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$335
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$367
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$321
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$368
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$348