Lucknow vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lucknow	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$339	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$828	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$113	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$190	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$141	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.6	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$1116
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	63	82
😀 Quality of life	57	71
🏙️ Population	3.38M	5.65M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 65% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 9112th and 5813th ($339 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 85th and 4th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lucknow compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Lucknow ranked 29th best city to live in India vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6127th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Saint Petersburg

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	Lucknow	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70.6	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$219	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.1	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.4	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.57%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1253	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.46	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.06	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.57	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$43.6	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1151	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566