Lahore vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2459
🏠 One person rent	$163	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$57.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$894
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	29
😀 Quality of life	46	51
🏙️ Population	11.1M	431K

The cost of living in Lahore is 52% less expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 8934th and 6224th ($411 vs $862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Pakistan and Namibia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1 months in Windhoek. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 6486th and 6198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Windhoek

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	Lahore	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$46.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	11.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$1274
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$786
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$5.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$4344

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$792
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$811
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$813
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$827
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$768
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$740
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$742
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$731
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$699
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$628
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$664
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$665
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$691
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$780
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$631
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$814
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$540
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$688
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$624
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$577
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$820
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$748
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$923
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$837
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$953
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$671
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$906
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$807
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$645
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$785