Abu Dhabi vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$374
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$1053
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$123
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$316
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$62.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$459
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	52	62
😀 Quality of life	82	55
🏙️ Population	1.48M	3.38M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 418% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 1938th and 9021st ($1936 vs $374) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 68th in the United Arab Emirates and India, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 369th and 5989th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Lucknow

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	Abu Dhabi	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$2.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$8.44
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$3.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$73.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$335
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$50.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$7.06
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	9.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$1474
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$3.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$5.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$5.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$25.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$4.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$2.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$30.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$47.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$80.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$3600

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2229
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1612
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1132
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$1841
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1191
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1872
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1810
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$787
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1164
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1285
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1327
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1126
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$798
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$959
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1005
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$890
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$868
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$910
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$604
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$573
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$606
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$646
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$621
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$604
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$606
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$779
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$544
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$457
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$672
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$561
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1642
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$541

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$301
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$471
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$414
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$329
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$342
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$400
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$310
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$363
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$306
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$433
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$435
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$361
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$337
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$352
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$296
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$345
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$362
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$408
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$423
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$458
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$390
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$484
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$284
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$522
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$321
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$335
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$355
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$379
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$455
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$371
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$291
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$374
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$255
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$316
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$343
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$337