Lahore vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$163	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$373
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	69	29
😀 Quality of life	46	41
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.13M

The cost of living in Lahore is 61% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 8934th and 5045th ($411 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Pakistan and Mozambique, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 6486th and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Maputo

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	Lahore	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628