San Jose, United States vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	San Jose	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3810	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8485	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$2688	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$4744	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$759	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6191	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	87	40
😀 Quality of life	92	48
🏙️ Population	1.01M	5.94M

The cost of living in San Jose, United States is 394% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 8th and 6559th ($3810 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 1.6 months in San Jose, United States compared to 0.6 months in Surat. San Jose, United States ranked 11th best city to live in the United States vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 82nd and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Jose, United States vs Surat

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	San Jose	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$100	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.92	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.89	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2643	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2388	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4230	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$274	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.8	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9512	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.5	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.73	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.03	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.2	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.05	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$129	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$149	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.6	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1805	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25839	$1261

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Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3362
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3419
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4167
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3287
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3131
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2828
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3448
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3295
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3159
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3752
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3187
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3060
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3286
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3326
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3002
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3649
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3412
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3344
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3448
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3006
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3096
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3437
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3657
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3466
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2811
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3059
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2747
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3678
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$3041
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2963
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3269
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$3045
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3226
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3785
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3195
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3364
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2135
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3185
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$2968

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