Cost of Living inGurugram, Haryana, India
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). India: $9,818/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 81% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.
Income Category
Happiness
4.0 / 10
#124 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-school quality, expat access, instruction language, and homeschool legality for relocating families.
Public schools
Public-schooling rules are set nationally for India; Gurugram, Haryana-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.
Quality
Mixed public-school option
Expat access
Possible, not easy for expats
hardInstruction
Hindi / English / regional languages
Language fit is more manageable.
PISA / outcomes
Qualitative only
Using curated quality notes for now.
Why this quality rating
India's public-school picture is highly uneven by state and city, with some usable local options but no single predictable expat path.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Resident enrollment is possible, but the public route is often state-language heavy and quality varies too much for most expat families to treat it as the default.
✅ Homeschooling
Legal, constitutionally protectedIndia's Right to Education Act focuses on government providing education but does not mandate school attendance. The Supreme Court has upheld parents' right to homeschool. Growing community across major cities. NIOS provides equivalency exams.
Homeschool legality in India — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Childcare & Domestic Help
Estimate-only country fallback for the family-support costs we track in India.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$230-$520
Estimate-only country fallback
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$250-$560
Estimate-only country fallback
Source: curated family relocation research(derived country fallback)
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Gurugram, Haryana is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in India.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedDoctor staffing is lighter, households still pay a large share themselves, and newborn outcomes are weaker weigh on this rating.
Public care
LimitedPublic funding looks lighter, patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs, and country-level outcomes are weaker weigh on this rating.
Private care
GoodA meaningful tracked hospital and clinic network and a clearly private facility base help, but self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
69/100
2023
Physicians
0.72/1k
2020
Hospital beds
1.59/1k
2021
Out of pocket
44%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
72.2 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
80/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
16.7/1k
2024
International patient readiness
MixedA visible private hospital base and multiple facilities have websites help, but price transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring.
Pricing transparency
LimitedMultiple facilities have crawlable websites help, but published self-pay prices are scarce.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in India yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
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| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Gurugram, Haryana, India · Source: PLFS (state-adjusted)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Gurugram compared with the US?
Your money goes about 4.6x further in Gurugram than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for India here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is Gurugram cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Gurugram is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 81% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Gurugram. We are using the country-level cost index for India here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in Gurugram compare with New York City?
Rent in Gurugram is about 96% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for India here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Gurugram?
Groceries in Gurugram are about 78% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 84% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for India here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About Gurugram, Haryana
Gurugram, formerly Gurgaon, is a city of about 887,000 in Haryana state immediately southwest of Delhi, India, and one of the country's largest concentrations of multinational corporate offices. The economy is dominated by IT services, financial back-office operations, automotive (Maruti Suzuki is headquartered here) and the highest concentration of Fortune 500 India offices outside Bangalore. The Delhi Metro Yellow Line and the Rapid Metro connect to central Delhi. Costs run well above Indian national averages, with DLF and Golf Course Road rentals approaching Mumbai levels. Climate is hot semi-arid with extreme summers and famously bad winter air quality. Relocators get a young professional demographic, strong English in white-collar contexts, and air pollution as the dominant quality-of-life variable.
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