Lahore vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Lahore	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$432	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1020	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$174	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$155	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.4	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$98.9	$4507
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	71	90
😀 Quality of life	49	94
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.51M

The cost of living in Lahore is 83% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8919th and 889th ($432 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Pakistan and Germany, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lahore compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Lahore ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6762nd and 38th 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	$2.15	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$68.7	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$210	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.96%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$720	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$602	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.44	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.99	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.72	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.02	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.4	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.88	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.9	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.1	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1393	$16629

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$391
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$326
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$371
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$308
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$330
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$315
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$352
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$318
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$348
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$378
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$295
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$364
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$414
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$367
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$381
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$279
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$302
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$351
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$352
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$379
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$464
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$382
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$265
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$353
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$360
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$264
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$263
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$417
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$325
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$285
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$250
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$370
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$383
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$323

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748