Lucknow vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$116	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$5544
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	62	100
😀 Quality of life	52	95
🏙️ Population	3.38M	8.8M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 92% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 9042nd and 3rd ($366 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 1st 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 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 1.2 months in New York City. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 6090th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs New York City

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	Lucknow	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111