Lucknow vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Lucknow	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$340	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$826	$2295
🏠 One person rent	$115	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$195	$818
🍽️ Food expenses	$139	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.9	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$810
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	48
😀 Quality of life	61	63
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.2M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 64% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 9109th and 6098th ($340 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 80th and 16th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lucknow compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Lucknow ranked 18th best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 5852nd and 5641st 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	$1.67	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11	$42.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.29	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.68	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$67.9	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$218	$975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$631
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.8	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.57	$7.91
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.44%	20.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1222	$2988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$593	$2007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.57	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.4	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$9.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$8.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.9	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.86	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.9	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.29	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.51	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$73.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.9	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.3	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$982	$4368

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Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$314
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$363
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$276
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$287
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$347
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$273
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$267
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$330
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$331
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$375
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$296
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$299
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$283
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$289
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$395
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$319
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$337
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$362
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$382
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$285
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$507
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$301
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$519
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$256
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$308
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$340
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$374
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$412
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$263
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$281
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$282
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$383
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$329
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$284

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$695
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$791
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$732
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$757
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$773
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$929
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$738
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$950
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$585
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$738
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$957
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$910
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$891
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1585
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$595
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$978
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$959
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$595
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$680
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$746
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$740
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$905
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$578
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$726
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$777
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$597
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$838
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$637
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$677
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$837
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$811