Lahore vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$163	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$1050
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	69	93
😀 Quality of life	46	83
🏙️ Population	11.1M	2.33M

The cost of living in Lahore is 53% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 8934th and 6171st ($411 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Pakistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 6486th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Taoyuan

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	Lahore	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443