Lahore vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Lahore	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$432	$3322
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1020	$6846
🏠 One person rent	$174	$2058
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$3020
🍽️ Food expenses	$155	$916
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.4	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$98.9	$4546
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	71	52
😀 Quality of life	49	89
🏙️ Population	11.1M	139K

The cost of living in Lahore is 87% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 8919th and 86th ($432 vs $3322) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Pakistan and Iceland, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lahore compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Lahore ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 6762nd and 268th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Reykjavik

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	Lahore	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.15	$28.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18	$90.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$20.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$6.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$2151
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$68.7	$1861
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$210	$3373
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$126	$2721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$81.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$87.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.96%	8.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$720	$7832
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$602	$6385
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$5.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.44	$87.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.99	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$2.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$4.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$6.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$19.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$44.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$5.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$3.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.72	$24.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$3.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.02	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$5.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$5.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$95.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.4	$18.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.88	$46.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.9	$176
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.1	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1393	$30361

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$391
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$326
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$371
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$308
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$330
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$315
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$352
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$318
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$348
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$378
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$295
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$364
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$414
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$367
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$381
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$279
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$302
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$351
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$352
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$379
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$464
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$382
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$265
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$353
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$360
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$264
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$263
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$417
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$325
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$285
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$250
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$370
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$383
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$323

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3219
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3212
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2621
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2974
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2066
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2053
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1540
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1620
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1645
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1656
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1852
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1906
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1862
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2121
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1585
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1769
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1707
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1854
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1588
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1784
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1954
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1496
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1945
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1980
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2978
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2179
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1490
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2363
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2135
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1984
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2627
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2409