Lahore vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$163	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$947
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	81
😀 Quality of life	46	67
🏙️ Population	11.1M	5.6M

The cost of living in Lahore is 58% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 8934th and 5668th ($411 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6486th and 3598th 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	$2.06	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$7571

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441