Perth vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Perth	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2448	$693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$974
🏠 One person rent	$1473	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$2303	$292
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$159
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4181	$310
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	40
😀 Quality of life	96	60
🏙️ Population	2.14M	5.94M

The cost of living in Perth is 253% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 978th and 7286th ($2448 vs $693) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Surat ranked 23rd in India, while ranked 10th and 5975th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Surat

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	Perth	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$3.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$11.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$3.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.55	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1621	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$471
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2691	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$220
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$7.72
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4935	$489
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$5.49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$2.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$6.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.62	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$1.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$0.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$17.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$2.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2141	$58.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15409	$929

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$382
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$373
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$294
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$362
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$355
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$379
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$475
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$504
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$310
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$733
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$378
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$302
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$344
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$502
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$297
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$324
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$355
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$257
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$326
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$284
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$268
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$286
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$385
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$331
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$282
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$301
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$282
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$317
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$303
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$321
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$360
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$326
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$319