Lucknow vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$116	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$854
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	62	21
😀 Quality of life	52	40
🏙️ Population	3.38M	6.71M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 59% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 9042nd and 6043rd ($366 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 13th in India and China, respectively. Check India vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 0.9 months in Yancheng. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 6090th and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Yancheng

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	Lucknow	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.29	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$22179

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984