Lahore vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Lahore	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$450	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$183	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$299	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.1	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$166	$4312
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	71	90
😀 Quality of life	52	94
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.51M

The cost of living in Lahore is 82% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8860th and 863rd ($450 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Germany, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Lahore ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6510th and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Munich

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	Lahore	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$127	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.5	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.6	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.38%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$834	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$617	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$3.98	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.78	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.7	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.83	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.75	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.6	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.55	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.5	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$40.3	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1609	$17274

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$397
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$332
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$309
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$382
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$313
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$335
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$340
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$346
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$339
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$359
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$393
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$286
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$371
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$391
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$379
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$391
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$280
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$306
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$350
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$334
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$379
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$496
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$401
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$252
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$344
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$371
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$253
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$256
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$440
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$326
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$270
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$394
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$239
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$373
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$395
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$321

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714