Glasgow vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$1089
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$213
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$162
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$148
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	93	70
😀 Quality of life	94	50
🏙️ Population	626K	1.01M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 357% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 1712th and 8843rd ($2121 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.3 months in Islamabad. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Islamabad ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 42nd and 6696th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Islamabad

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	Glasgow	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$3.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$16.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$204
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$64
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$99.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$18.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	16.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$1495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$746
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$4.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$4.63
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$1.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$1.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$1.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$21.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$4.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$1.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$20.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$82.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$70.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$3118

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$360
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$279
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$370
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$264
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$369
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$323
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$353
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$381
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$371
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$308
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$295
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$378
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$326
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$368
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$348
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$432
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$302
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$367
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$391
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$318
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$364
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$423
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$315
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$433
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$352
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$473
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$382
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$351
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$414
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$417
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$425
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$379