Dubai vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$985
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$441
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	62
😀 Quality of life	87	52
🏙️ Population	3.33M	3.38M

The cost of living in Dubai is 550% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 989th and 9042nd ($2379 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 56th in the United Arab Emirates and India, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 288th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Lucknow

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	Dubai	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$1654

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536

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