Lahore vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lahore	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$427	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1000	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$175	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$282	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$148	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.7	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1116
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	82
😀 Quality of life	48	71
🏙️ Population	11.1M	5.65M

The cost of living in Lahore is 56% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 8922nd and 5813th ($427 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lahore compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Lahore ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6783rd and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Saint Petersburg

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	Lahore	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.7	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.3	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$192	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.49%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$622	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$525	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.24	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.15	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.71	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.51	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.91	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.25	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.44	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1207	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566