Lucknow vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lucknow	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$393	$2801
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1061	$6767
🏠 One person rent	$131	$1663
🏘️ Family rent	$314	$3057
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.4	$410
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$419	$4399
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	62	99
😀 Quality of life	51	99
🏙️ Population	3.38M	4.84M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 86% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8996th and 312th ($393 vs $2801) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 43rd and 1st in India and Australia, respectively. Check India vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lucknow compared to 1.6 months in Sydney. Lucknow ranked 26th best city to live in India vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 6126th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Sydney

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	Lucknow	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.8	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.61	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$7.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.63	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$139	$1992
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$82.5	$1372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$367	$4038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$2523
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.5	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.39	$53.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.75%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1781	$16279
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$9905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$3.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$143
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.41	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$8.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$5.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$29.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.25	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.05	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.8	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$16.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.9	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65.2	$2054
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1788	$18951

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754