Surat vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Surat	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$771	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1163	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$519	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$463	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.5	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$444	$4315
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	100
😀 Quality of life	48	100
🏙️ Population	5.94M	4.84M

The cost of living in Surat is 70% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6559th and 745th ($771 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in India and Australia, respectively. Check India vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Surat compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Surat ranked 48th best city to live in India vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 6336th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Surat vs Sydney

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	Surat	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.44	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$1.74	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$454	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$498	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$271	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.4	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.5	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.88%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$637	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.71	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.06	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.53	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.06	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.61	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.9	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.87	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.39	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.5	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.7	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.8	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1261	$17957

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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

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683