Ankara vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ankara	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$959	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2366	$985
🏠 One person rent	$487	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.7	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$719	$441
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	62
😀 Quality of life	72	52
🏙️ Population	5.8M	3.38M

The cost of living in Ankara is 162% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 5741st and 9042nd ($959 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 56th in Turkey and India, respectively. Check Turkey vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ankara compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 1858th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Ankara vs Lucknow

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

	Ankara	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$588	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1022	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$690	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	45.39%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1577	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.16	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.87	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.28	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.98	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11471	$1654

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$691
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$650
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$616
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$663
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$627
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$723
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$535
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$492
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$593
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$710
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$691
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$406
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$698
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$547
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$455
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$697
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$755
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$568
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$872
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$672
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$1113
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$578
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$835
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$699
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$645
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$664
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$718
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$782
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$708
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$618
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$653
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$573
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$490
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$599
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$474
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$587
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$743

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