Lahore vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$3146
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	69	99
😀 Quality of life	46	95
🏙️ Population	11.1M	2.15M

The cost of living in Lahore is 82% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 8934th and 1222nd ($411 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Pakistan and France, respectively. Check Pakistan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6486th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Paris

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	Lahore	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293