Adelaide vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1000
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$175
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$282
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$148
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$57.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$85.4
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	69
😀 Quality of life	94	48
🏙️ Population	1.39M	11.1M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 396% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 1686th and 8922nd ($2117 vs $427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.2 months in Lahore. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Lahore ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 65th and 6783rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Lahore

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	Adelaide	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$2.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$16.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$107
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$71.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$79
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	17.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$622
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$525
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$5.24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$5.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$0.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$0.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$0.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$1.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$0.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$3.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$65.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$1207

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$380
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$316
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$302
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$363
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$311
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$320
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$291
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$337
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$303
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$333
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$372
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$284
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$350
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$421
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$351
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$376
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$277
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$347
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$357
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$373
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$443
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$362
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$270
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$340
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$344
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$265
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$262
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$403
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$330
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$285
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$364
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$248
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$354
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$388
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$334