Amsterdam vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$809
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	95	47
😀 Quality of life	96	43
🏙️ Population	921K	1.97M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 832% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 143rd and 9121st ($3118 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st 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 0.3 months in Peshawar. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 31st and 7430th 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	$21.3	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$2261

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684