Lucknow vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$116	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$216
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	62	46
😀 Quality of life	52	50
🏙️ Population	3.38M	3M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 28% less expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 9042nd and 8574th ($366 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 84th in India and Iran, respectively. Check India vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 6090th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Mashhad

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	Lucknow	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$618

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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

Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788