Amsterdam vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$824
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$190
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	95	48
😀 Quality of life	95	40
🏙️ Population	921K	1.97M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 706% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 331st and 9093rd ($2791 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in the Netherlands and Pakistan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 29th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Peshawar

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	Amsterdam	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$518

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596