Lucknow vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Lucknow	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$374	$352
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1053	$857
🏠 One person rent	$123	$137
🏘️ Family rent	$316	$259
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$134
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.3	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$459	$175
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	62	48
😀 Quality of life	55	42
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.97M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 6% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 9021st and 9085th ($374 vs $352) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 68th and 5th in India and Pakistan, respectively. Check India vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Lucknow ranked 18th best city to live in India vs Peshawar ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 5989th and 6943rd 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	$2.43	$2.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.44	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.32	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$89.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$73.1	$56.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$335	$237
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$239	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$62.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.7	$96.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.06	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	23.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1474	$183
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$539	$152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.61	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$5.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.83	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.03	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$4.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$3.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.29	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.96	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.38	$1.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.02	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.05	$0.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.3	$9.11
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.84	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$4.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.19	$2.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.7	$11.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.9	$34.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.2	$31.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3600	$457

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Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$301
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$471
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$414
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$329
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$342
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$400
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$310
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$363
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$306
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$433
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$435
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$361
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$337
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$352
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$296
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$345
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$362
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$408
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$423
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$458
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$390
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$484
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$284
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$522
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$321
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$335
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$355
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$379
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$455
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$371
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$291
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$374
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$255
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$316
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$343
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$337

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$307
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$335
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$347
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$238
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$389
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$449
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$567
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$278
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$330
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$281
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$277
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$455
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$344
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$303
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$393
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$364
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$289
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$240
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$298
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$337
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$268
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$399
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$260
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$386
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$445
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$290
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$508
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$328
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$307
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$399
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$338
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$394
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632