Lucknow vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$116	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$2731
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	62	72
😀 Quality of life	52	78
🏙️ Population	3.38M	7.01M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 78% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 9042nd and 2911th ($366 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 1st in India and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check India vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6090th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Riyadh

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	Lucknow	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529