Gold Coast vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$826
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$115
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$195
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$139
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$47.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	49	63
😀 Quality of life	92	61
🏙️ Population	608K	3.38M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 644% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 839th and 9109th ($2528 vs $340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 80th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.1 months in Lucknow. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 124th and 5852nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Lucknow

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	Gold Coast	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$1.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$11
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$3.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$1.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$67.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$218
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$43.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$7.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	8.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$1222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$593
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$6.57
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$1.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$2.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$15.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$3.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$2.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$41.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$39.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$982

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$314
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$363
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$276
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$287
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$347
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$273
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$267
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$330
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$331
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$375
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$296
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$299
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$283
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$289
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$395
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$319
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$337
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$362
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$382
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$285
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$507
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$301
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$519
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$256
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$308
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$340
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$374
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$412
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$263
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$281
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$282
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$383
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$329
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$284