Lahore vs London - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	London
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$3296
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$7841
🏠 One person rent	$163	$2211
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$4100
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$375
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$4153
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	100
😀 Quality of life	46	99
🏙️ Population	11.1M	8.8M

The cost of living in Lahore is 88% less expensive than in London. Cities ranked 8934th and 58th ($411 vs $3296) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Pakistan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.3 months in London. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs London ranked 1st in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6486th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs London

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	Lahore	London
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$21.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$9.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$8.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$2704
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$1831
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$5123
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$3478
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$167
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$38.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$20412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$10524
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$91.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$4.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$8.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$2.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$69.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$97.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$2250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$26090

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346

Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2868
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2332
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2273
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2414
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2209
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2207
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2214
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2185
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2470
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2136
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2217
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2261
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2076
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2112
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2433
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2199
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2035
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2122
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2429
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2052
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2048
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2623
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2052
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$1924
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2422
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2092
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$1987
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2248
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1973
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2063
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2089
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2062
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$1885
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2263
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$1948
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2135
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2344
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2009