Lahore vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$163	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$745
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	69	19
😀 Quality of life	46	38
🏙️ Population	11.1M	7.01M

The cost of living in Lahore is 35% less expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 8934th and 7314th ($411 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 137th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 6486th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Zhumadian

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	Lahore	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504