Lucknow vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lucknow	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$393	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1061	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$131	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$314	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.4	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$419	$408
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	62	43
😀 Quality of life	51	55
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.4M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 57% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 8996th and 6109th ($393 vs $907) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 43rd and 1st in India and Mongolia, respectively. Check India vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lucknow compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Lucknow ranked 26th best city to live in India vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6126th and 5802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Lucknow	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.8	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.61	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.63	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$139	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$82.5	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$367	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.5	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.39	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.75%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1781	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$851	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.41	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.25	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.05	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.8	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.9	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65.2	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1788	$7750

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$875
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$568
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$741
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$575
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$617
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$629
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1005
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$684
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$581
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$644
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1380
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$676
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$646
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$637
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$447
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$806
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$729
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$605
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$648
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$602
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$561
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$619
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$574
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$573
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$601
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$603
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$570
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$515
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$628
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$502
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$577
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$589
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$760
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$537
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$623
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1067
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$629
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$594