Lahore vs Portland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Portland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$2629
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$6215
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1568
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$2656
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$680
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$4810
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	88
😀 Quality of life	46	90
🏙️ Population	11.1M	653K

The cost of living in Lahore is 84% less expensive than in Portland. Cities ranked 8934th and 603rd ($411 vs $2629) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 553rd 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 1.8 months in Portland. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Portland ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 6486th and 157th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Portland

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	Lahore	Portland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$74.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$7.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$1314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$2917
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$2257
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$63.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$3766
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$3350
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$3.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$4.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$3.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$14.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$7.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$187
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$32.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$1788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$16585

Cost of living in other countries

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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 Portland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5.1 mi	Milwaukie	$2390
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lake Oswego	$2415
11 km or 6.9 mi	Beaverton	$2508
13 km or 8.2 mi	Tigard	$2437
14 km or 8.7 mi	Vancouver	$2465
17 km or 11 mi	West Linn	$2425
18 km or 11 mi	Tualatin	$2432
18 km or 11 mi	Gresham	$2484
18 km or 11 mi	Oregon City	$2420
25 km or 16 mi	Hillsboro	$2341
33 km or 21 mi	Newberg	$2410
35 km or 21 mi	Forest Grove	$2353
44 km or 27 mi	Woodburn	$2585
54 km or 33 mi	McMinnville	$2379
64 km or 40 mi	Keizer	$2361
71 km or 44 mi	Salem	$2368
72 km or 45 mi	Longview	$2095
104 km or 65 mi	Albany	$2119
116 km or 72 mi	Corvallis	$2029
116 km or 72 mi	The Dalles	$2206
136 km or 84 mi	Centralia	$2523
165 km or 102 mi	Springfield	$1967
166 km or 103 mi	Eugene	$2174
168 km or 105 mi	Lacey	$2571
171 km or 106 mi	Olympia	$2406
177 km or 110 mi	Spanaway	$2460
181 km or 113 mi	Redmond	$2604
184 km or 114 mi	Lakewood	$2449
185 km or 115 mi	Aberdeen	$1744
187 km or 116 mi	Puyallup	$2644
190 km or 118 mi	University Place	$2604
192 km or 120 mi	Tacoma	$2517
195 km or 121 mi	Bend	$2796
201 km or 125 mi	Federal Way	$2532
202 km or 125 mi	Auburn	$2338
206 km or 128 mi	Yakima	$1882
210 km or 131 mi	Kent	$2784
210 km or 131 mi	Des Moines	$2623
211 km or 131 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
216 km or 134 mi	SeaTac	$2741