Bangui vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bangui	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$489	$386
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1214	$994
🏠 One person rent	$207	$151
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$326
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.7	$58.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$349	$205
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	7	69
😀 Quality of life	9	51
🏙️ Population	889K	11.1M

The cost of living in Bangui is 27% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 8577th and 8998th ($489 vs $386) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in the Central African Republic and Pakistan, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Bangui compared to 0.5 months in Lahore. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 9277th and 6245th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Lahore

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	Bangui	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.75	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.4	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$3.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$2.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$204	$97.8
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$64.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$450	$260
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$281	$196
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.6	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.6	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.5	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.05%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1457	$687
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$763	$441
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$5.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.34	$4.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.44	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$5.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$3.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.29	$1.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$1.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.88	$1.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$0.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21	$12.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.11	$3.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$9.05
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.99	$2.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$15.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55	$65.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.3	$34.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2658	$1054

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$770
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$462
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$462
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$825
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$804
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$469
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$548
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$467
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$567
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$633
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$616
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$510
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$860
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$264
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$761
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$501
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$436
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1300
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$860
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1242
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$808
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$314
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$561
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1001
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$587
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$683
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$829
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$511
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$469
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$990
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$476
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$468
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$241
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$509
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$1034
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$697
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$484
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$510
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$237
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$805

Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$508
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$268
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$240
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$303
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$298
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$277
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$290
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$394
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$260
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$289
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$344
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$399
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$399
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$448
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$337
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$330
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$278
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$364
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$338
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$401
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$389
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$328
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$282
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$393
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$238
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$281
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$250
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$307
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$357
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$255
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$307
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$343
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$335
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$374
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$352