Calgary vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$985
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$441
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	62
😀 Quality of life	90	52
🏙️ Population	1.31M	3.38M

The cost of living in Calgary is 467% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 1646th and 9042nd ($2077 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 56th in Canada and India, respectively. Check Canada vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 153rd and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Lucknow

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	Calgary	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$1654

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

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