Birmingham vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Birmingham	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2046	$393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$1061
🏠 One person rent	$1197	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$1902	$314
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$68.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3394	$419
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	95	62
😀 Quality of life	95	51
🏙️ Population	1.14M	3.38M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 420% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 1731st and 8996th ($2046 vs $393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 79th and 43rd in the United Kingdom and India, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Birmingham compared to 1.1 months in Lucknow. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Lucknow ranked 26th in India, while ranked 32nd and 6126th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Lucknow

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	Birmingham	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$11.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.59	$3.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.71	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$1.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.18	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$139
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$905	$82.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2143	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1412	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$47.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.3	$6.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.8%	8.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5216	$1781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4012	$851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$2.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$4.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.17	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$24.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$32.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$51.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1575	$65.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19729	$1788

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1869
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1838
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1818
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1827
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1748
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1797
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1799
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1771
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1743
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1717
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1799
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1695
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1849
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1799
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1819
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2050
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1572
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1750
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2205
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1896
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1760
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1680
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1855
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1803
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1560
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1666
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1898
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1817
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1845
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1755
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1755
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1869
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1865
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1780
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1711
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1813
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1944
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1755

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$329
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$461
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$396
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$331
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$299
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$379
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$306
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$365
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$316
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$339
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$373
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$360
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$319
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$325
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$377
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$335
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$351
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$391
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$445
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$311
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$505
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$285
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$533
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$303
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$356
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$443
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$275
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$337
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$375
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$284
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$337
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$280
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$321