Lucknow vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$116	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$1772
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	62	43
😀 Quality of life	52	70
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.42M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 66% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 9042nd and 4892nd ($366 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 1st in India and Oman, respectively. Check India vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 6090th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Muscat

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	Lucknow	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$10296

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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 Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$967
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$780
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$585
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1239
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1844
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2240
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1494
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$605
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$518
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$515
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$829
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$514
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1779
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$547
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1709
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$464
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$548
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1223
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1280
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1243
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$442
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$809
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$589
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$1068
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$563
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1056
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$897
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$557
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$546
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$901
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$551