Lucknow vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$116	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$205
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	62	50
😀 Quality of life	52	48
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.57M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 38% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 9042nd and 7787th ($366 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 34th in India and Iran, respectively. Check India vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6090th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Shiraz

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	Lucknow	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723