Lahore vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$163	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$1922
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	37
😀 Quality of life	46	73
🏙️ Population	11.1M	6.44K

The cost of living in Lahore is 74% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 8934th and 3109th ($411 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Pakistan and Malta, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 6486th and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Lahore vs Valletta infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/lahore/valletta.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Lahore vs Valletta infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/lahore/valletta" target="_blank">Lahore vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Lahore vs Valletta

Prices for goods and services in Lahore and Valletta are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Lahore	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$8456

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348