Lahore vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Lahore	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$386	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$994	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$151	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$326	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$136	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.4	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$205	$626
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	43
😀 Quality of life	51	63
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.08M

The cost of living in Lahore is 53% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8998th and 6335th ($386 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Pakistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lahore compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6245th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Nur-Sultan

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	Lahore	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.97	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.97	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.8	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$64.7	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$260	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.61%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$441	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.96	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.65	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.59	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.08	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.64	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.06	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.84	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.72	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.4	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.61	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.05	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.01	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.5	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.9	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$34.7	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1054	$8086

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$508
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$268
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$240
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$303
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$298
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$277
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$290
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$394
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$260
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$289
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$344
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$399
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$399
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$448
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$337
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$330
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$278
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$364
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$338
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$401
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$389
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$328
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$282
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$393
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$238
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$281
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$250
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$307
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$357
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$255
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$307
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$343
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$335
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$374
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$352

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651