Lucknow vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$116	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$3141
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	62	86
😀 Quality of life	52	93
🏙️ Population	3.38M	2.79M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 85% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 9042nd and 861st ($366 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 4th in India and Canada, respectively. Check India vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 6090th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Toronto

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	Lucknow	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095