Lahore vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$163	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$407
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	69	43
😀 Quality of life	46	56
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.4M

The cost of living in Lahore is 55% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 8934th and 6004th ($411 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Pakistan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6486th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Lahore	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$6410

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$879
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$616
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$770
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$624
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$651
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$612
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$979
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$660
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$648
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$620
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1339
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$651
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$639
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$616
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$470
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$781
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$703
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$603
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$624
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$588
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$549
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$566
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$592
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$469
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$550
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$469
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$623
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$458
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$555
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$403
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$711
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$586
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1016
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$426
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$598