Lucknow vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Lucknow	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$340	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$826	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$115	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$195	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$139	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.9	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$690
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	45
😀 Quality of life	61	68
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.08M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 54% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 9109th and 7085th ($340 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 80th and 7th in India and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check India vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lucknow compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Lucknow ranked 18th best city to live in India vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5852nd and 4594th 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	$1.67	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.29	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.68	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$67.9	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$218	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.8	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.57	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.44%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1222	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$593	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.57	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.4	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.9	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.86	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.9	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.29	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.51	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.9	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.3	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$982	$6043

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537