Changsha vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$985
🏠 One person rent	$190	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$441
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	95	62
😀 Quality of life	68	52
🏙️ Population	10M	3.38M

The cost of living in Changsha is 58% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 7932nd and 9042nd ($577 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th and 56th in China and India, respectively. Check China vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 3100th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Lucknow

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	Changsha	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$1654

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

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