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Cost of Living Abroad for Indian Students

Monthly student budgets for 254 cities in 22 countries, in local currency and rupees.

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Cost of Living Abroad for Indian Students

Rent is the biggest cost almost everywhere. Compare a room in shared housing first, then add food, transport, utilities and insurance — each city page does this in local currency and rupees.

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Cheapest rents

Lowest student rents we track (in rupees)

Lowest student rents we track (in rupees)
CityCountryRoom a month (₹)
Penang & Johor BahruMalaysia₹0.1 lakh – ₹0.2 lakh
Kuala Lumpur & Klang ValleyMalaysia₹0.1 lakh – ₹0.3 lakh
Fukuoka, Sapporo, Sendai & BeppuJapan₹0.2 lakh – ₹0.4 lakh
Kyoto, Osaka & NagoyaJapan₹0.3 lakh – ₹0.4 lakh
Chemnitz, Magdeburg & IlmenauGermany₹0.3 lakh – ₹0.5 lakh
Siegen, Paderborn & KleveGermany₹0.3 lakh – ₹0.5 lakh
KrakowPoland₹0.3 lakh – ₹0.5 lakh
Kaiserslautern & SaarbrückenGermany₹0.4 lakh – ₹0.5 lakh
Saskatoon & ReginaCanada₹0.4 lakh – ₹0.6 lakh
Northern OntarioCanada₹0.4 lakh – ₹0.6 lakh
Small Missouri college townsUSA₹0.4 lakh – ₹0.6 lakh
Southern Illinois college townsUSA₹0.4 lakh – ₹0.6 lakh
Lund, Uppsala & LinköpingSweden₹0.4 lakh – ₹0.6 lakh
Ruhr region (Dortmund, Essen, Bochum)Germany₹0.4 lakh – ₹0.6 lakh
DresdenGermany₹0.4 lakh – ₹0.5 lakh

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