New York City vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$990
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	40
😀 Quality of life	98	55
🏙️ Population	8.8M	5.94M

The cost of living in New York City is 497% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 4th and 7068th ($4203 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd 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 1.3 months in New York City compared to 0.4 months in Surat. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Surat ranked 45th in India, while ranked 11th and 6284th 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	$23.2	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$922

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

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