Lucknow vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lucknow	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$366	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$985	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$116	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$277	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$144	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$441	$696
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	62	46
😀 Quality of life	52	60
🏙️ Population	3.38M	1.47M

The cost of living in Lucknow is 52% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 9042nd and 6596th ($366 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 14th in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Lucknow compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Lucknow ranked 24th best city to live in India vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 6090th and 5209th 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	$2.29	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.5	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$323	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$722	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.78	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.61	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.2	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1654	$4946

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658