Gold Coast vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1000
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$175
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$282
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$148
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$57.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$85.4
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	49	69
😀 Quality of life	89	48
🏙️ Population	608K	11.1M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 439% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 1270th and 8922nd ($2297 vs $427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.2 months in Lahore. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Lahore ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 255th and 6783rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Lahore

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	Gold Coast	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$16.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$107
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$71.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$79
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	17.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$622
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$525
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$5.24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$5.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$5.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$0.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$0.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$1.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$0.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$65.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$1207

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2065
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1662
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1798
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1710
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1503
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1839
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1747
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2181
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1888
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1599
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2640
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2292
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1568
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1364
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1580
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1678
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2019
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1667
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1683
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1771
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1706
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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