Johannesburg vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1061
🏠 One person rent	$487	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$314
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$68.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$419
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	72	62
😀 Quality of life	58	51
🏙️ Population	4.43M	3.38M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 174% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 5069th and 8996th ($1079 vs $393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 43rd in South Africa and India, respectively. Check South Africa vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 1.1 months in Lucknow. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Lucknow ranked 26th in India, while ranked 5446th and 6126th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Lucknow

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	Johannesburg	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$11.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$3.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$139
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$82.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$47.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$6.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	8.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$2.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$4.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$24.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$32.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$51.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$65.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$1788

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$997
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$874
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$971
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$822
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$696
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$838
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$909
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$717
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$848
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$943
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$819
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$841
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$774
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$809
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$692
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$718
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$690
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$623
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$791
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$654
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$459
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$627
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$663
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$581
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$554
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$859
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$1003
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$600
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1116
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$834
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$585
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$329
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$461
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$396
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$331
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$299
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$379
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$306
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$365
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$316
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$339
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$373
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$360
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$319
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$325
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$377
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$335
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$351
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$391
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$445
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$311
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$505
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$285
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$533
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$303
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$356
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$443
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$275
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$337
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$375
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$284
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$337
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$280
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$321