Lucknow vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Lucknow	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$326	$2348
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$789	$5497
🏠 One person rent	$113	$1452
🏘️ Family rent	$190	$2508
🍽️ Food expenses	$132	$573
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.5	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$257	$3236
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	90
😀 Quality of life	59	92
🏙️ Population	3.38M	548K

The cost of living in Lucknow is 86% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 9120th and 1193rd ($326 vs $2348) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 85th and 30th in India and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check India vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Lucknow compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Lucknow ranked 18th best city to live in India vs Manchester ranked 12th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5952nd and 84th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Manchester

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	Lucknow	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.53	$20.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.4	$93.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.13	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$7.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$4.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$116	$1619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$64.7	$1133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$213	$2982
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$1988
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.3	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$280
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.51	$41.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.48%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1173	$4975
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$530	$4650
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.63	$107
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.98	$3.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$8.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.87	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$23.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$9.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.92	$2.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.2	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.16	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$90.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.39	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$90.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$38.2	$96.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$1414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$975	$20557

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Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$308
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$291
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$348
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$266
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$271
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$330
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$264
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$255
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$339
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$299
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$352
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$291
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$284
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$286
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$273
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$276
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$317
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$335
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$344
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$368
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$404
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$288
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$479
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$270
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$509
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$245
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$293
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$336
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$369
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$424
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$256
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$263
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$274
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$395
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$270
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$309
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$239
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$287

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2043
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1975
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2025
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1993
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1689
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1784
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1987
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2022
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1742
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1832
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1682
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1885
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1890
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1501
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1961
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1827
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1694
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1733
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1774
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1847
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1808
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1853
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1559
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1942
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1948
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2035
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1860
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1831