Cost of living comparison
Austria is 4.6 times more expensive than Chennai.
If you lived in Austria instead of Chennai, you would:
pay 7.0 times more for restaurants
Chennai
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$1.80
₹150.15
|
$15.33
€14.22
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.35
₹363.76
|
$10.30
€9.56
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.47
₹39.59
|
$2.98
€2.77
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.21
₹17.80
|
$2.26
€2.10
|
|
pay 3.5 times more for groceries
Chennai
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.53
₹44.25
|
$2.50
€2.32
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.88
₹324.30
|
$8.22
€7.63
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.43
₹202.84
|
$5.57
€5.16
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$0.89
₹74.15
|
$4.01
€3.72
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.50
₹125.42
|
$5.79
€5.37
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.23
₹102.94
|
$1.16
€1.08
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.40
₹33.78
|
$0.95
€0.88
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.69
₹57.54
|
$1.30
€1.21
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.23
₹19.28
|
$1.84
€1.71
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.22
₹18.14
|
$0.94
€0.87
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.21
₹17.88
|
$0.84
€0.78
|
|
pay 3.2 times more for transportation
Chennai
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.73
₹395.23
|
$6.51
€6.04
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$11.98
₹1,001.03
|
$49.62
€46.04
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$15,576.23
₹1,301,341.83
|
$26,063.58
€24,180.49
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$3.59
₹300.31
|
$19.69
€18.27
|
|
pay 5.6 times more for housing
Chennai
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$9.23
₹771.12
|
$36.32
€33.69
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$210.00
₹17,544.41
|
$871.49
€808.53
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$121.87
₹10,181.55
|
$685.35
€635.84
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$30.33
₹2,533.82
|
$267.95
€248.59
|
|
pay 7.6 times more for childcare
Chennai
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$86.37
₹7,215.77
|
$469.56
€435.64
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,468.96
₹122,726.54
|
$14,286.41
€13,254.22
|
|
pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports
Chennai
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.16
₹180.19
|
$4.59
€4.26
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.64
₹136.98
|
$3.54
€3.28
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.31
₹360.37
|
$6.46
€6.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$16.99
₹1,419.78
|
$44.34
€41.14
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.00
₹250.26
|
$12.69
€11.77
|
|
pay 2.8 times more for clothing
Chennai
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$25.30
₹2,113.58
|
$85.15
€79.00
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$23.65
₹1,976.11
|
$46.34
€43.00
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$43.17
₹3,606.84
|
$89.08
€82.64
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$31.38
₹2,622.03
|
$125.31
€116.26
|
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