Islamabad vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$199	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$947
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	81
😀 Quality of life	49	67
🏙️ Population	1.01M	5.6M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 55% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 8870th and 5668th ($442 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6313th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Islamabad vs Saint Petersburg infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/islamabad/saint-petersburg.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Islamabad vs Saint Petersburg infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/islamabad/saint-petersburg" target="_blank">Islamabad vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Islamabad vs Saint Petersburg

Prices for goods and services in Islamabad and Saint Petersburg are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Islamabad	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$7571

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441