Gold Coast vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$985
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$441
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	49	62
😀 Quality of life	88	52
🏙️ Population	608K	3.38M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 512% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 1278th and 9042nd ($2239 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 56th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 223rd and 6090th 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	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$1654

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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