Lahore vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$3560
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	69	90
😀 Quality of life	46	93
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.51M

The cost of living in Lahore is 81% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8934th and 1352nd ($411 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 1.6 months in Munich. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6486th and 54th 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	$2.06	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560