Lahore vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$163	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$5544
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	100
😀 Quality of life	46	95
🏙️ Population	11.1M	8.8M

The cost of living in Lahore is 91% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 8934th and 3rd ($411 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.2 months in New York City. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 6486th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs New York City

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	Lahore	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111