Lucknow vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$116	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$893
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	62	54
😀 Quality of life	52	66
🏙️ Population	3.38M	8.78M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 43% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 9042nd and 7256th ($366 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 118th in India and China, respectively. Check India vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 6090th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Quanzhou

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	Lucknow	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$20567

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936