Glasgow vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1000
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$175
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$282
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$148
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$57.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$85.4
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	69
😀 Quality of life	95	48
🏙️ Population	626K	11.1M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 382% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 1833rd and 8922nd ($2058 vs $427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 3rd 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 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 0.2 months in Lahore. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Lahore ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 52nd and 6783rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Lahore

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	Glasgow	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$2.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$16.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$107
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$71.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$79
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	17.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$622
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$525
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$5.24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$5.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$0.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$0.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$1.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$0.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$4.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$3.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$65.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$1207

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

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