Lahore vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$163	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$1829
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	93
😀 Quality of life	46	87
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.38M

The cost of living in Lahore is 73% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8934th and 3363rd ($411 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Pakistan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6486th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Prague

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	Lahore	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120