Lahore vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$163	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$2731
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	72
😀 Quality of life	46	78
🏙️ Population	11.1M	7.01M

The cost of living in Lahore is 75% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8934th and 2911th ($411 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6486th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Riyadh

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	Lahore	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529