Reykjavik vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Reykjavik	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2938	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5875	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2674	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$827	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.1	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3761	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	40
😀 Quality of life	89	48
🏙️ Population	140K	5.94M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 281% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 200th and 6559th ($2938 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Iceland and India, respectively. Check Iceland vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 194th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Surat

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	Reykjavik	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$137	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.9	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.09	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1650	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2869	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2456	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.1	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.6	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.41%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6649	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5599	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.52	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.74	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.94	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$37	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.6	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.23	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.2	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$45.6	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$128	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$162	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$279	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2532	$1261

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006

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