Islamabad vs San Marino City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	San Marino City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$2708
🏠 One person rent	$199	$575
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$765
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$448
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$54.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$3320
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	69	17
😀 Quality of life	49	58
🏙️ Population	1.01M	4.04K

The cost of living in Islamabad is 63% less expensive than in San Marino City. Cities ranked 8870th and 4484th ($442 vs $1201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Pakistan and San Marino, respectively. Check Pakistan vs San Marino comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 2.8 months in San Marino City. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs San Marino City ranked 2nd in San Marino, while ranked 6313th and 5514th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs San Marino City

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	Islamabad	San Marino City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$9.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$4.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$472
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$707
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$63
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$96.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$31.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$2628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$2604
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$30.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$5.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$4.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$8.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$3.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$73.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$79.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$13649

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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 San Marino City

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.8 mi	Dogana	$1203
17 km or 11 mi	Rimini	$1390
28 km or 18 mi	Cesena	$1326
30 km or 19 mi	Cesenatico	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Pesaro	$1312
46 km or 28 mi	Forli	$1485
47 km or 29 mi	Fano	$1229
58 km or 36 mi	Ravenna	$1216
69 km or 43 mi	Arezzo	$1267
90 km or 56 mi	Argenta	$1352
91 km or 57 mi	Perugia	$1100
93 km or 58 mi	Ancona	$1270
97 km or 61 mi	Florence	$1601
107 km or 67 mi	Macerata	$1133
108 km or 67 mi	Bologna	$1555
108 km or 67 mi	Prato	$1423
110 km or 69 mi	Foligno	$1241
113 km or 70 mi	Siena	$1518
120 km or 75 mi	Ferrara	$1287
123 km or 76 mi	Pistoia	$1243
124 km or 77 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
134 km or 83 mi	Fermo	$1239
138 km or 86 mi	Rovigo	$951
145 km or 90 mi	Modena	$1506
149 km or 93 mi	Sassuolo	$1400
150 km or 93 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
151 km or 94 mi	Pula	$941
153 km or 95 mi	Terni	$1004
155 km or 96 mi	Lucca	$1354
166 km or 103 mi	Pisa	$1254
168 km or 104 mi	Reggio Emilia	$1323
168 km or 104 mi	Venice	$1522
170 km or 106 mi	Padua	$1581
171 km or 106 mi	Viterbo	$1287
173 km or 108 mi	Rieti	$1224
174 km or 108 mi	Mestre	$1450
174 km or 108 mi	Teramo	$1171
176 km or 110 mi	Viareggio	$1280
176 km or 110 mi	Livorno	$1371
177 km or 110 mi	Mirano	$1375