Lahore vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$163	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$1589
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	94
😀 Quality of life	46	86
🏙️ Population	11.1M	4.04M

The cost of living in Lahore is 62% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8934th and 5000th ($411 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Pakistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6486th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs New Taipei

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	Lahore	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$18855

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581