Perth vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Perth	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5128	$990
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2096	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3927	$271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	93	40
😀 Quality of life	98	55
🏙️ Population	2.14M	5.94M

The cost of living in Perth is 232% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1191st and 7068th ($2338 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 45th in India, while ranked 12th and 6284th 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	$14	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1454	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5455	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4695	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.5	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.4	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1856	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13377	$922

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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