Adelaide vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$339
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$828
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$113
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$190
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$141
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$47.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$352
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	63
😀 Quality of life	94	57
🏙️ Population	1.39M	3.38M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 524% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 1686th and 9112th ($2117 vs $339) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 85th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 1 months in Lucknow. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Lucknow ranked 29th in India, while ranked 65th and 6127th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Adelaide vs Lucknow infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/adelaide/lucknow.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Adelaide vs Lucknow infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/adelaide/lucknow" target="_blank">Adelaide vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Adelaide vs Lucknow

Prices for goods and services in Adelaide and Lucknow are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Adelaide	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$3.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$70.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$25.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$38.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$7.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	8.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1253
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$5.66
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$3.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$5.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$0.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$17.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$2.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$39.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$43.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$1151

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$320
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$279
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$290
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$276
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$273
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$329
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$345
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$388
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$301
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$304
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$290
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$293
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$328
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$350
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$437
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$293
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$489
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$296
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$514
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$260
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$320
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$427
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$270
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$297
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$388
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$334
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$248
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$293