Lahore vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$163	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$611
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	69	16
😀 Quality of life	46	13
🏙️ Population	11.1M	344K

The cost of living in Lahore is 34% less expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 8934th and 7441st ($411 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Pakistan and Lesotho, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1 months in Maseru. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 6486th and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Maseru

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	Lahore	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$1063

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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 Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628