Lahore vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$6742
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	80
😀 Quality of life	46	91
🏙️ Population	11.1M	737K

The cost of living in Lahore is 86% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 8934th and 158th ($411 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 140th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 6486th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Seattle

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	Lahore	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093