Lahore vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Lahore	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$450	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$4674
🏠 One person rent	$183	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$299	$1801
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.1	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$166	$4112
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	71	81
😀 Quality of life	52	91
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.43M

The cost of living in Lahore is 78% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 8860th and 1833rd ($450 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1452nd in Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Lahore ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs San Antonio ranked 39th in the United States, while ranked 6510th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs San Antonio

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	Lahore	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$127	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$1860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.5	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.6	$75.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.38%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$834	$4488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$617	$1816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$3.98	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.78	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.7	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$4.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.83	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$4.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.75	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.6	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.55	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.5	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$40.3	$1365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1609	$19123

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$397
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$332
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$309
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$382
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$313
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$335
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$340
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$346
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$339
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$359
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$393
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$286
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$371
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$391
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$379
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$391
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$280
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$306
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$350
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$334
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$379
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$496
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$401
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$252
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$344
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$371
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$253
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$256
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$440
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$326
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$270
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$394
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$239
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$373
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$395
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$321

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2093
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2123
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2120
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2125
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2168
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$1944
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2475
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2149
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2110
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2003
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$1963
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1857
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1903
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1005
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1722
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2070
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1855
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1897
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1010
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$796
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1950
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1843
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2066
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2093
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2519
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2261
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2107
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1860
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2064
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2093