Gold Coast vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gold Coast	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2530	$326
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5679	$789
🏠 One person rent	$1644	$113
🏘️ Family rent	$2706	$190
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$132
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4225	$257
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	49	63
😀 Quality of life	93	59
🏙️ Population	608K	3.38M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 676% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 852nd and 9120th ($2530 vs $326) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 85th in Australia and India, respectively. Check Australia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.8 months in Lucknow. Gold Coast ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 68th and 5952nd 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	$20.2	$1.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$10.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.74	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2097	$116
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$64.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2832	$213
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2351	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$30.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$46.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$7.51
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	8.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8667	$1173
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5294	$530
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.7	$7.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.69	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$3.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.53	$2.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$5.53
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$1.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.29	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$0.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.5	$14.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$3.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.8	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$38.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2112	$39.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9318	$975

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2323
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1825
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1992
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1863
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1273
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1643
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1995
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1855
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2354
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2040
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1709
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2481
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1701
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1460
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1795
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2258
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1825
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$2015
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1905
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1915
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$308
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$291
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$348
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$266
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$271
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$330
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$264
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$255
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$339
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$299
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$352
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$291
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$284
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$286
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$273
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$276
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$317
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$335
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$344
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$368
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$404
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$288
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$479
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$270
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$509
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$245
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$293
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$336
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$369
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$424
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$256
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$263
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$274
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$395
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$270
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$309
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$239
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$287