Lahore vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$163	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$794
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	47
😀 Quality of life	46	62
🏙️ Population	11.1M	276K

The cost of living in Lahore is 48% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 8934th and 6461st ($411 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Pakistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 6486th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Sarajevo

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	Lahore	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768