Lucknow vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lucknow	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$339	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$828	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$113	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$190	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$141	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.6	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$848
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	63	46
😀 Quality of life	57	64
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.47M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 65% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 9112th and 5881st ($339 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 85th and 6th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lucknow compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Lucknow ranked 29th best city to live in India vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 6127th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lucknow vs Yekaterinburg

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	Lucknow	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70.6	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$219	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.1	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.4	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.57%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1253	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.46	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.06	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.57	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.1	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$43.6	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1151	$7319

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Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$320
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$279
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$290
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$276
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$273
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$329
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$345
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$388
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$301
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$304
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$290
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$293
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$328
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$350
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$437
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$293
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$489
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$296
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$514
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$260
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$320
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$427
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$270
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$297
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$388
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$334
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$248
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$293

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617