Lucknow vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Lucknow	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$326	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$789	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$113	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$190	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$132	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.5	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$257	$928
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	48
😀 Quality of life	59	63
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.2M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 69% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 9120th and 5192nd ($326 vs $1051) 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 0.8 months in Lucknow compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Lucknow ranked 18th best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5952nd and 5476th 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	$1.53	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.4	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.13	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$116	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$64.7	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$213	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.3	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.51	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.48%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1173	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$530	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.63	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.98	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.87	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.92	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.2	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.16	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.39	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$38.2	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$975	$5021

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Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$308
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$291
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$348
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$266
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$271
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$330
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$264
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$255
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$339
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$299
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$352
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$291
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$284
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$286
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$273
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$276
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$317
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$335
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$344
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$368
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$404
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$288
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$479
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$270
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$509
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$245
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$293
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$336
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$369
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$424
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$256
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$263
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$274
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$395
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$270
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$309
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$239
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$287

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873