Islamabad vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Islamabad	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$443	$2581
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1034	$6268
🏠 One person rent	$199	$1568
🏘️ Family rent	$328	$2779
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$633
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.5	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$4532
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	69	92
😀 Quality of life	50	95
🏙️ Population	1.01M	548K

The cost of living in Islamabad is 83% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 8887th and 749th ($443 vs $2581) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Pakistan and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Islamabad compared to 1.8 months in The Hague. Islamabad ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs The Hague ranked 2nd in the Netherlands, while ranked 6597th and 43rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs The Hague

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	Islamabad	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.83	$20.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$93.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$7.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$4.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$3.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$1628
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$98.8	$1311
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$2964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$178	$2396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.4	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$223
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.5	$46.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.73%	3.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1311	$5956
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$775	$4459
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$3.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.39	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.05	$33.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.22	$4.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$16.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$4.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.75	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.17	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.64	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.4	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.22	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.86	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.6	$125
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.7	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$61.1	$2532
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2738	$12471

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$344
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$277
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$354
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$265
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$334
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$364
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$320
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$376
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$363
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$311
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$284
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$302
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$372
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$316
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$333
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$427
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$294
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$351
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$380
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$303
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$393
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$291
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$401
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$337
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$458
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$362
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$347
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$421
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$403
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$396
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$373

Cities near The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$2228
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2222
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2589
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2718
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2568
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2414
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2178
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$2087
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$2230
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2374
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$2235
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$2238
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2706
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$2089
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1860
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1514
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2318
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1639
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1818
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1804
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$2359
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1696