Lahore vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lahore	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$427	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1000	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$175	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$282	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$148	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.7	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$4008
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	99
😀 Quality of life	48	100
🏙️ Population	11.1M	5.45M

The cost of living in Lahore is 84% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8922nd and 649th ($427 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Pakistan and Australia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lahore compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Lahore ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 6783rd and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Sydney

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	Lahore	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.7	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.3	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$192	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.49%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$622	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$525	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.24	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.15	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.71	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.51	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.91	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.25	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.44	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.6	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1207	$19140

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$380
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$316
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$302
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$363
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$311
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$320
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$291
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$337
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$303
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$333
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$372
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$284
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$350
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$421
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$351
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$376
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$277
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$347
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$357
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$373
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$443
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$362
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$270
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$340
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$344
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$265
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$262
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$403
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$330
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$285
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$364
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$248
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$354
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$388
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$334

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710