Melbourne vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Melbourne	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2308	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5590	$809
🏠 One person rent	$1286	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$2187	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4060	$113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	100	47
😀 Quality of life	100	43
🏙️ Population	5.35M	1.97M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 590% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1249th and 9121st ($2308 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 21st in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 1st and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Peshawar

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	Melbourne	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.74	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1462	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2675	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1808	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.5	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5978	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$115	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.38	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.9	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$72	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1948	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22799	$2261

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1681
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1673
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1736
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1768
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1738
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1728
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1706
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1725
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2058
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1464
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1362
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1813
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1662
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1786
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1667
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1660
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2019
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1771
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1678
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2127
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1364
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1568
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1580
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2117
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1599
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1747
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2292
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1888
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2640
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2181
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1839
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1184
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988

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