Lahore vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$163	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$550
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	69	5
😀 Quality of life	46	34
🏙️ Population	11.1M	115K

The cost of living in Lahore is 3% less expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 8934th and 8915th ($411 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Pakistan and Bhutan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 6486th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Thimphu

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	Lahore	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$666

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300