Lahore vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lahore	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$427	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1000	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$175	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$282	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$148	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.7	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$2496
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	69	73
😀 Quality of life	48	80
🏙️ Population	11.1M	7.01M

The cost of living in Lahore is 74% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8922nd and 3418th ($427 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 0.2 months in Lahore compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Lahore ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6783rd and 759th 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	$2.14	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.7	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.3	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$192	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.49%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$622	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$525	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.24	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.15	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.71	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.51	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.91	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.25	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.44	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.6	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1207	$9818

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$380
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$316
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$302
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$363
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$311
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$320
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$291
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$337
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$303
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$333
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$372
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$284
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$350
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$421
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$351
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$376
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$277
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$347
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$357
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$373
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$443
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$362
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$270
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$340
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$344
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$265
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$262
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$403
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$330
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$285
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$364
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$248
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$354
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$388
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$334

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463