Lahore vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$985
🏠 One person rent	$163	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$441
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	62
😀 Quality of life	46	52
🏙️ Population	11.1M	3.38M

The cost of living in Lahore is 12% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 8934th and 9042nd ($411 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 56th in Pakistan and India, respectively. Check Pakistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 6486th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Lucknow

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	Lahore	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$1654

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346

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