Lucknow vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Lucknow	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$340	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$826	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$115	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$195	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$139	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.9	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$939
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	63	48
😀 Quality of life	61	63
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.47M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 68% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 9109th and 5278th ($340 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 80th and 5th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lucknow compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Lucknow ranked 18th best city to live in India vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5852nd and 5513th 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	$1.67	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.29	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.68	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$67.9	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$218	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.8	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.57	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.44%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1222	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$593	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.57	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.4	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.9	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.86	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.9	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.29	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.51	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.9	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.3	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$982	$7937

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Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$314
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$363
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$276
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$287
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$347
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$273
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$267
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$330
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$331
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$375
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$296
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$299
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$283
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$289
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$395
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$319
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$337
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$362
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$382
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$285
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$507
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$301
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$519
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$256
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$308
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$340
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$374
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$412
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$263
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$281
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$282
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$383
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$329
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$284

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688