Kharkiv vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$985
🏠 One person rent	$207	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$441
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	62
😀 Quality of life	56	52
🏙️ Population	1.42M	3.38M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 38% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 8600th and 9042nd ($506 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 56th in Ukraine and India, respectively. Check Ukraine vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 5713th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Lucknow

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	Kharkiv	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$1654

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549

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