Lahore vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$163	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$5531
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	69	87
😀 Quality of life	46	91
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.39M

The cost of living in Lahore is 88% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 8934th and 36th ($411 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 32nd 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 1.6 months in San Diego. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 6486th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs San Diego

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	Lahore	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$28706

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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 Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759