Lucknow vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$116	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$709
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	62	92
😀 Quality of life	52	67
🏙️ Population	3.38M	9.21M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 68% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 9042nd and 4604th ($366 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 7th in India and Mexico, respectively. Check India vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 6090th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Mexico City

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	Lucknow	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804