Dili vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dili	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$511	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1255	$985
🏠 One person rent	$226	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$422	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$27	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$441
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	12	62
😀 Quality of life	30	52
🏙️ Population	222K	3.38M

The cost of living in Dili is 40% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 8549th and 9042nd ($511 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 56th in East Timor and India, respectively. Check East Timor vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Dili compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 8098th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dili vs Lucknow

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	Dili	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$212	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$304	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.8	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.97%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1490	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.63	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.88	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.85	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.9	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.6	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3045	$1654

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$501
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$503
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$502
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$509
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$506
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$512
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$507
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1617
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$597
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$525
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$508
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$522
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$355
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$441
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$442
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$553
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$505
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$442
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$439
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$845
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$497
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1267
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$606
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$500
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$580
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$553
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$614
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$510
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$549
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$365
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$410
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$505
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$453
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$464
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$486
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$527
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$417

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