Lahore vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$163	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$1546
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	69	96
😀 Quality of life	46	74
🏙️ Population	11.1M	13.1M

The cost of living in Lahore is 67% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8934th and 4359th ($411 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6486th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Moscow

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	Lahore	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592