Hempstead vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$985
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$441
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	97	62
😀 Quality of life	79	52
🏙️ Population	793K	3.38M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 628% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 556th and 9042nd ($2664 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 56th in the United States and India, respectively. Check the United States vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 636th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Lucknow

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	Hempstead	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$1654

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

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