Islamabad vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$199	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$794
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	47
😀 Quality of life	49	62
🏙️ Population	1.01M	276K

The cost of living in Islamabad is 44% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 8870th and 6461st ($442 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Pakistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 6313th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Sarajevo

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	Islamabad	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768