Lahore vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Lahore	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$450	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$183	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$299	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.1	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$166	$961
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	8
😀 Quality of life	52	49
🏙️ Population	11.1M	24.7K

The cost of living in Lahore is 73% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8860th and 3452nd ($450 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Lahore ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6510th and 6808th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Victoria

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	Lahore	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$127	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.7	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.5	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.6	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.38%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$834	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$617	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$3.98	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.78	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.7	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.83	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.75	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.6	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.55	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.5	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$40.3	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1609	$8750

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$397
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$332
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$309
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$382
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$313
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$335
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$340
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$346
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$339
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$359
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$393
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$286
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$371
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$391
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$379
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$391
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$280
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$306
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$350
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$334
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$379
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$496
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$401
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$252
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$344
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$371
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$253
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$256
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$440
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$326
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$270
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$394
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$239
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$373
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$395
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$321

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415