Kathmandu vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kathmandu	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$4202
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$9189
🏠 One person rent	$134	$2718
🏘️ Family rent	$232	$4417
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$842
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.6	$400
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$148	$5389
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	29	100
😀 Quality of life	47	95
🏙️ Population	846K	8.8M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 90% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 8916th and 4th ($424 vs $4202) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Nepal and the United States, respectively. Check Nepal vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kathmandu compared to 1.3 months in New York City. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 6934th and 15th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs New York City

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	Kathmandu	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$90
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$13.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.77	$6.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$181	$3692
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.1	$2206
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$332	$5140
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$3874
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20.9	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.99	$70.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.29%	6.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2304	$18073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1340	$7831
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.78	$138
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$4.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$5.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$6.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$18.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$6.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$5.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$6.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$3.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.61	$3.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$19.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.43	$4.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.64	$18.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.14	$23.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.33	$14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$8.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.65	$2.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$132
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$21.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$40.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$66.9	$2095
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4078	$21713

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Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$336
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$288
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$317
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$287
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$386
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$263
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$303
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$293
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$264
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$303
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$270
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$245
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$282
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$274
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$266
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$255
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$287
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$960
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$264
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$437
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$289
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$320
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$412
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$291
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$288
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$307
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$326
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$274
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$268
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$348
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$354
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$289
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$288
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$272
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$330
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$297
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$339

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2940
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3729
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3110
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$3145
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2842
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3304
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2840
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2917
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2795
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2791
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2820
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2821
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2707
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2797
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2805
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2545
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2725
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2823
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2540
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2557
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2665
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2791
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2692
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2485
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2697
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2775
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2614
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2779
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2710
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2729
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2669
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2634
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2450
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2762
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2488
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3192