Lahore vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lahore	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$427	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1000	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$175	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$282	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$148	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.7	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$988
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	69	7
😀 Quality of life	48	66
🏙️ Population	11.1M	133K

The cost of living in Lahore is 68% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8922nd and 4439th ($427 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Pakistan and Maldives, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lahore compared to 0.7 months in Male. Lahore ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 6783rd and 5057th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Male

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	Lahore	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.7	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.3	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$192	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.49%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$622	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$525	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.24	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.15	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.71	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.51	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.91	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.25	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.44	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1207	$3575

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327