Al Ain vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$985
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$441
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	38	62
😀 Quality of life	75	52
🏙️ Population	767K	3.38M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 404% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 2271st and 9042nd ($1844 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 56th 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 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 1000th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$1654

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1239
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2379
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1494
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2240
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$780
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$967
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1090
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1779
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1709
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$585
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$547
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$518
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1223
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1280
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$548
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1243
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$514
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$605
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$515
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$1068
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1056
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$897
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$589
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$901
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$464
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$563
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$551
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$546
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$557
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$829
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$809
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$529
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$573

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$315
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$314
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$297
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$288
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$329
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$308
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$328
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$368
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$353
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$296
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$307
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$283
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$309
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$391
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$321
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$342
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$368
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$425
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$294
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$510
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$278
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$536
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$289
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$316
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$341
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$349
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$419
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$274
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$299
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$372
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$283
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$331
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$265
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$292