Adelaide vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$826
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$115
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$195
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$139
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$47.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	63
😀 Quality of life	93	61
🏙️ Population	1.39M	3.38M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 588% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 1210th and 9109th ($2338 vs $340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 80th 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 1.1 months in Lucknow. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 73rd and 5852nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Lucknow

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	Adelaide	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$1.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$11
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$1.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$67.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$218
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$43.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$7.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	8.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$1222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$593
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$6.57
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$3.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$6.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$1.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$2.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$15.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$3.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$41.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$39.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$982

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$314
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$363
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$276
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$287
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$347
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$273
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$267
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$330
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$331
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$375
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$296
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$299
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$283
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$289
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$395
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$319
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$337
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$362
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$382
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$285
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$507
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$301
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$519
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$256
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$308
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$340
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$374
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$412
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$263
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$281
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$282
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$383
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$329
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$284