Lucknow vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$116	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$1546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	62	96
😀 Quality of life	52	74
🏙️ Population	3.38M	13.1M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 71% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 9042nd and 4359th ($366 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 1st in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6090th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Moscow

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	Lucknow	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592