Lucknow vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$116	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$647
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	62	46
😀 Quality of life	52	55
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.2M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 49% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 9042nd and 6811th ($366 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 24th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 6090th and 5853rd 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	$2.29	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$4568

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557