Kathmandu vs Multan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Multan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$392
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$1005
🏠 One person rent	$131	$140
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$304
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$173
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$39.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$197
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	0 km
🎓 Higher education	28	29
😀 Quality of life	46	21
🏙️ Population	846K	1.87M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 7% more expensive than in Multan. Cities ranked 8918th and 8975th ($419 vs $392) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Nepal and Pakistan, respectively. Check Nepal vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 0.5 months in Multan. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Multan ranked 15th in Pakistan, while ranked 6495th and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Multan

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	Kathmandu	Multan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$2.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$6.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$67.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$256
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$52.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	17.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$1478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$654
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$7.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$6.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$3.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$2.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$1.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$14.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$2.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$8.01
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$2.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$15.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$69.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$1778

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Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

Cities near Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$361
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$356
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$292
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$342
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$300
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$306
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$389
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$458
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$297
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$411
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$308
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$325
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$383
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$373
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$339
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$379
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$281
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$354
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$358
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$442
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$346
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$266
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$338
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$287
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$441
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$251
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$366
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$366
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$350