Indianapolis vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	71	69
😀 Quality of life	89	46
🏙️ Population	888K	11.1M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 432% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 1378th and 8934th ($2189 vs $411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 4th in the United States and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United States vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.4 months in Lahore. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 191st and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Lahore

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	Indianapolis	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$102
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$74.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	19.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$5.75
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$5.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$2.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$0.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$13
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$15
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$37.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$1172

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346