Glasgow vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Glasgow	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2114	$321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4959	$758
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$126
🏘️ Family rent	$2124	$189
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$121
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$43.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3456	$148
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	93	48
😀 Quality of life	94	34
🏙️ Population	626K	1.97M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 558% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1708th and 9130th ($2114 vs $321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 28th 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 1.6 months in Glasgow compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Peshawar ranked 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 39th and 8525th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Glasgow	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.9	$2.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$8.99
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.4	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$59.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1681	$96
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$320	$70.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.73%	14.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4105	$356
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3087	$279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.15	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$9.26
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$4.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$2.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.23	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.7	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.63	$1.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$10.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$2.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$10.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$135	$12
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$44.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$928	$33.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21435	$3008

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1885
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1831
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1647
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1835
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1704
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1842
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1760
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1586
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1640
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1456
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1593
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1596
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1485
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1878
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2005
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2236
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1943
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1820
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1777
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1778
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1523
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1872
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1554
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1646
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1834
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1791
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1404

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$394
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$373
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$381
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$371
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$373
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$496
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$438
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$456
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$504
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$280
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$391
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$253
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$335
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$447
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$393
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$382
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$344
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$306
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$359
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$309
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$313
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$379
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$332
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$286
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$339
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$450
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$468
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$340
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$397
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$401
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$440
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$371
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$350
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$346
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734