Lucknow vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lucknow	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$393	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1061	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$131	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$314	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.4	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$419	$2228
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	62	65
😀 Quality of life	51	83
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.25M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 74% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8996th and 3679th ($393 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 43rd and 7th in India and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check India vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lucknow compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Lucknow ranked 26th best city to live in India vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6126th and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Sharjah

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	Lucknow	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.8	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.61	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.63	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$139	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$82.5	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$367	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.5	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.39	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.75%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1781	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.41	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.25	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.05	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.8	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.9	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65.2	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1788	$5054

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Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$329
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$461
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$396
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$331
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$299
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$379
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$306
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$365
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$316
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$339
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$373
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$360
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$319
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$325
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$377
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$335
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$351
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$391
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$445
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$311
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$505
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$285
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$533
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$303
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$356
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$443
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$275
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$337
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$375
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$284
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$337
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$280
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$321

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507