Adelaide vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$326
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$789
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$113
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$190
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$132
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$257
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	63
😀 Quality of life	92	59
🏙️ Population	1.39M	3.38M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 622% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 1178th and 9120th ($2355 vs $326) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 85th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Lucknow. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 75th and 5952nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$1.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$10.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$3.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$116
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$64.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$213
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$30.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$46.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$7.51
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	8.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$1173
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$530
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$7.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$2.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$5.53
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$0.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$14.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$3.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$38.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$39.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$975

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$308
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$291
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$348
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$266
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$271
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$330
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$264
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$255
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$339
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$299
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$352
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$291
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$284
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$286
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$273
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$276
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$317
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$335
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$344
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$368
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$404
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$288
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$479
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$270
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$509
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$245
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$293
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$336
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$369
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$424
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$256
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$263
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$274
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$395
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$270
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$309
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$239
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$287