Lucknow vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$116	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$553
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	62	43
😀 Quality of life	52	64
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.08M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 52% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 9042nd and 6565th ($366 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 3rd in India and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check India vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6090th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Nur-Sultan

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	Lucknow	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512