Lahore vs Madrid - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Madrid
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$4027
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1048
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1736
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$2294
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	98
😀 Quality of life	46	90
🏙️ Population	11.1M	3.42M

The cost of living in Lahore is 77% less expensive than in Madrid. Cities ranked 8934th and 2443rd ($411 vs $1781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 5th in Pakistan and Spain, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.3 months in Madrid. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Madrid ranked 1st in Spain, while ranked 6486th and 151st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Madrid

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	Lahore	Madrid
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$4.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1203
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$853
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$94
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$30.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$6884
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$3988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$6.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$58.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$80.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$576
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$10042

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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 Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1565
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1530
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1433
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1573
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1389
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1309
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1204
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1285
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1084
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1201
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1235
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1212
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1086
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$812
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1098
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1286
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1107
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1209
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1261
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$983
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$947
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1241
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1220
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1316
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1126
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1241
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$930
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1241
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1100
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1324
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1204
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1221
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1522