Guangzhou vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guangzhou	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$774	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2226	$985
🏠 One person rent	$352	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$830	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$79	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1294	$441
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	97	62
😀 Quality of life	75	52
🏙️ Population	18.7M	3.38M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 111% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 6548th and 9042nd ($774 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 56th in China and India, respectively. Check China vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Guangzhou compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 1055th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Lucknow

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	Guangzhou	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.42	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.2	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.14	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$655	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.9	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10125	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4029	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.09	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.6	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.18	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.48	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.72	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.7	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.58	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$39	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$408	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14511	$1654

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650

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