Kabul vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$985
🏠 One person rent	$203	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$441
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	30	62
😀 Quality of life	14	52
🏙️ Population	4.27M	3.38M

The cost of living in Kabul is 29% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 8769th and 9042nd ($474 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 56th in Afghanistan and India, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 9071st and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Lucknow

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	Kabul	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$1654

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476

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