Islamabad vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$199	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$522
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	46
😀 Quality of life	49	55
🏙️ Population	1.01M	2.96M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 48% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 8870th and 6253rd ($442 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 6313th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Tashkent

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	Islamabad	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785