Lahore vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$2033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$4826
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$4114
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	81
😀 Quality of life	46	91
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.43M

The cost of living in Lahore is 80% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 8934th and 1745th ($411 vs $2033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1531st 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 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs San Antonio ranked 20th in the United States, while ranked 6486th and 117th 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	$2.06	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$6.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1268
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$2285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$4263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$2070
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$2.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$8.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$5.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$89.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$1134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$16552

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2132
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2182
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2224
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2152
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2455
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2260
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2163
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2192
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2215
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1969
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1986
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$726
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1767
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2134
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1877
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1964
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1646
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$759
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$625
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1944
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1853
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2230
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2087
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2732
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1799
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2108
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2133