Makassar vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Makassar	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1206	$809
🏠 One person rent	$245	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$408	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.2	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$232	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	45	47
😀 Quality of life	49	43
🏙️ Population	1.34M	1.97M

The cost of living in Makassar is 56% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 8505th and 9121st ($523 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 21st in Indonesia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Makassar compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Makassar ranked 16th best city to live in Indonesia vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 6737th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Makassar vs Peshawar

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	Makassar	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.84	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.7	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.32	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.27	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$434	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.3	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.94%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1522	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$597	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.5	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.13	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.67	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.5	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.94	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.92	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.82	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.71	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.69	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.8	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.4	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$103	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4103	$2261

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Cities near Makassar

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Parepare	$502
253 km or 157 mi	Palopo	$519
358 km or 223 mi	Baubau	$499
376 km or 233 mi	Kendari	$507
379 km or 235 mi	Bima	$588
474 km or 294 mi	Palu	$549
523 km or 325 mi	Balikpapan	$598
529 km or 329 mi	Mataram	$402
549 km or 341 mi	Banjarbaru	$449
572 km or 355 mi	Banjarmasin	$459
573 km or 356 mi	Samarinda	$568
592 km or 368 mi	Ubud	$834
607 km or 377 mi	Denpasar	$489
614 km or 382 mi	Bali	$1134
623 km or 387 mi	Bontang	$547
691 km or 429 mi	Palangka Raya	$470
723 km or 450 mi	Kupang	$531
744 km or 462 mi	Probolinggo	$470
750 km or 466 mi	Gorontalo	$445
771 km or 479 mi	Maliana	$512
771 km or 479 mi	Pasuruan	$457
774 km or 481 mi	Surabaya	$551
779 km or 484 mi	Dili	$520
796 km or 495 mi	Ainaro	$513
814 km or 506 mi	Mojokerto	$413
814 km or 506 mi	Malang	$384
820 km or 509 mi	Batu	$409
861 km or 535 mi	Baucau	$513
867 km or 539 mi	Blitar	$440
870 km or 541 mi	Kediri	$447
915 km or 569 mi	Madiun	$456
952 km or 592 mi	Manado	$445
958 km or 595 mi	Tarakan	$524
974 km or 605 mi	Bitung	$447
984 km or 611 mi	Ambon	$502
988 km or 614 mi	Surakarta	$409
1015 km or 631 mi	Salatiga	$422
1015 km or 631 mi	Semarang	$488
1043 km or 648 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
1062 km or 660 mi	Tawau	$578

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684