Lahore vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lahore	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$427	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1000	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$175	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$282	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$148	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.7	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$3987
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	60
😀 Quality of life	48	89
🏙️ Population	11.1M	246K

The cost of living in Lahore is 77% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 8922nd and 2519th ($427 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1889th in Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lahore compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Lahore ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 6783rd and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Louisville

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	Lahore	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.7	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.3	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$192	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.49%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$622	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$525	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.24	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.15	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.71	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.51	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.91	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.25	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.44	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.6	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1207	$15931

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$380
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$316
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$302
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$363
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$311
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$320
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$291
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$337
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$303
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$333
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$372
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$284
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$350
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$421
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$351
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$376
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$277
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$347
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$357
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$373
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$443
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$362
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$270
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$340
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$344
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$265
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$262
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$403
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$330
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$285
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$364
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$248
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$354
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$388
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$334

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017