Lucknow vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lucknow	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$339	$4203
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$828	$9136
🏠 One person rent	$113	$2713
🏘️ Family rent	$190	$4396
🍽️ Food expenses	$141	$874
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.6	$379
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$5599
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	100
😀 Quality of life	57	98
🏙️ Population	3.38M	8.8M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 92% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 9112th and 4th ($339 vs $4203) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 85th and 2nd in India and the United States, respectively. Check India vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lucknow compared to 1.3 months in New York City. Lucknow ranked 29th best city to live in India vs New York City ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 6127th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Lucknow vs New York City infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/lucknow/new-york.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Lucknow vs New York City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/lucknow/new-york" target="_blank">Lucknow vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Lucknow vs New York City

Prices for goods and services in Lucknow and New York City are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Lucknow	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$92.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$8.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$6.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$3.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$3669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70.6	$2221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$219	$5076
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$3880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.1	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.4	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.57%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1253	$15299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$11127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.46	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$4.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$6.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1	$7.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$15.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$7.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$5.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$6.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$3.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$3.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$3.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$18.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$23.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.06	$13.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$8.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$128
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$20.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$157
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.57	$37.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.1	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$43.6	$1884
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1151	$22663

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$320
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$279
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$290
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$276
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$273
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$329
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$345
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$388
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$301
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$304
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$290
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$293
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$328
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$350
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$437
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$293
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$489
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$296
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$514
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$260
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$320
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$427
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$270
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$297
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$388
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$334
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$248
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$293

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174