Lucknow vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lucknow	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$339	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$828	$809
🏠 One person rent	$113	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$190	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$141	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.6	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$113
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	63	47
😀 Quality of life	57	43
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.97M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 1% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 9112th and 9121st ($339 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 85th and 21st in India and Pakistan, respectively. Check India vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lucknow compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Lucknow ranked 29th best city to live in India vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 6127th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Peshawar

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	Lucknow	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70.6	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$219	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.1	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.4	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.57%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1253	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.46	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.06	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.57	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.1	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$43.6	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1151	$2261

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Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$320
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$279
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$290
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$276
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$273
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$329
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$345
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$388
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$301
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$304
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$290
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$293
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$328
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$350
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$437
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$293
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$489
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$296
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$514
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$260
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$320
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$427
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$270
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$297
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$388
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$334
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$248
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$293

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684