Chicago vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chicago	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2678	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6655	$985
🏠 One person rent	$1596	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$2946	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$200	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4876	$441
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	62
😀 Quality of life	95	52
🏙️ Population	2.75M	3.38M

The cost of living in Chicago is 631% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 529th and 9042nd ($2678 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 483rd and 56th in the United States and India, respectively. Check the United States vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chicago compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 23rd and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Lucknow

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	Chicago	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.9	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.6	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1841	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1327	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3729	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2474	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.1	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3391	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2689	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.63	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.8	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.4	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2114	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24502	$1654

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2425
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2421
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2510
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2426
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2444
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2194
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2256
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2401
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2418
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2384
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2314
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2389
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2264
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2377
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2392
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2363
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2509
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2359
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2393
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2360
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1938
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2362
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2363
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2344
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2396
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1948
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2350
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2378
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2446
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2369
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2506
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2342
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2367
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2342
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$1954
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2351
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2371

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