Lucknow vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lucknow	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$339	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$828	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$113	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$190	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$141	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.6	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$721
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	46
😀 Quality of life	57	60
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.2M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 62% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 9112th and 6322nd ($339 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 85th and 14th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lucknow compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Lucknow ranked 29th best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6127th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Lucknow	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70.6	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$219	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.1	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.4	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.57%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1253	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.46	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.06	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.57	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.1	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$43.6	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1151	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758