Budapest vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$1061
🏠 One person rent	$589	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$314
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$68.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$419
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	62
😀 Quality of life	80	51
🏙️ Population	1.69M	3.38M

The cost of living in Budapest is 201% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 4643rd and 8996th ($1185 vs $393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Hungary and India, respectively. Check Hungary vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.1 months in Lucknow. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Lucknow ranked 26th in India, while ranked 551st and 6126th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Lucknow

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	Budapest	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$11.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$3.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$139
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$82.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$47.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$6.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	8.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$1781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$2.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$24.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$2.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$32.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$51.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$65.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$1788

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090

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