Lucknow vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$116	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$2174
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	62	65
😀 Quality of life	52	83
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.25M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 75% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 9042nd and 3460th ($366 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th 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 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6090th and 412th 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	$2.29	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$7169

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536