Islamabad vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$985
🏠 One person rent	$199	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$441
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	62
😀 Quality of life	49	52
🏙️ Population	1.01M	3.38M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 21% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 8870th and 9042nd ($442 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 56th in Pakistan and India, respectively. Check Pakistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 6313th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Lucknow

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	Islamabad	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$1654

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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