Cost of living comparison
Washington is 8.8 times more expensive than Chennai.
If you lived in Washington instead of Chennai, you would:
pay 8.5 times more for restaurants
Chennai
|
Washington
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$1.78
₹150.03
|
$25.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.45
₹375.91
|
$12.00
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.43
₹36.65
|
$2.78
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.20
₹17.27
|
$2.22
|
|
pay 4.7 times more for groceries
Chennai
|
Washington
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.54
₹45.57
|
$4.34
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.76
₹317.73
|
$7.84
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.45
₹206.51
|
$4.14
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$0.93
₹78.32
|
$3.91
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.61
₹136.26
|
$6.73
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.27
₹107.00
|
$2.70
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.41
₹34.41
|
$0.85
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.63
₹52.85
|
$2.46
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.26
₹21.71
|
$2.59
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.23
₹19.31
|
$1.55
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.24
₹20.18
|
$1.61
|
|
pay 4.0 times more for transportation
Chennai
|
Washington
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.63
₹390.47
|
$3.66
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$11.85
₹1,000.18
|
$75.00
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$17,776.60
₹1,500,263.98
|
$35,699.74
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$3.56
₹300.05
|
$23.88
|
|
pay 10.5 times more for housing
Chennai
|
Washington
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$10.05
₹848.25
|
$66.46
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$195.87
₹16,530.83
|
$2,582.95
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$116.42
₹9,825.26
|
$2,028.70
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$31.71
₹2,675.88
|
$146.65
|
|
pay 26.9 times more for childcare
Chennai
|
Washington
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$84.21
₹7,107.02
|
$2,273.25
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,425.36
₹120,293.89
|
$38,250.00
|
|
pay 4.2 times more for entertainment and sports
Chennai
|
Washington
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.01
₹170.03
|
$8.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.83
₹154.81
|
$5.55
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.21
₹355.06
|
$11.75
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$19.49
₹1,644.81
|
$106.36
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$2.96
₹250.04
|
$17.18
|
|
pay 3.0 times more for clothing
Chennai
|
Washington
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$26.09
₹2,202.04
|
$74.13
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$24.99
₹2,108.70
|
$50.77
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$47.54
₹4,012.24
|
$105.47
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$35.84
₹3,024.77
|
$178.48
|
|
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