Belgrade vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$339
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$828
🏠 One person rent	$717	$113
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$190
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$141
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$47.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	63
😀 Quality of life	74	57
🏙️ Population	1.2M	3.38M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 294% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 4408th and 9112th ($1335 vs $339) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 85th in Serbia and India, respectively. Check Serbia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 1 months in Lucknow. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Lucknow ranked 29th in India, while ranked 2116th and 6127th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Lucknow

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	Belgrade	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$3.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$70.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$25.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$38.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$7.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	8.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$1253
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$5.66
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$3.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$3.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$3.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$0.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$17.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$2.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$39.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$43.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$1151

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

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