New York City vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	New York City	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4202	$321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9189	$758
🏠 One person rent	$2718	$126
🏘️ Family rent	$4417	$189
🍽️ Food expenses	$842	$121
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$43.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5389	$148
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	100	48
😀 Quality of life	95	34
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.97M

The cost of living in New York City is 1208% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4th and 9130th ($4202 vs $321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 28th in the United States and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United States vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in New York City compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Peshawar ranked 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 15th and 8525th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/new-york/peshawar.jpg" alt="Cost of living in New York City vs Peshawar infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/new-york/peshawar" target="_blank">New York City vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in New York City vs Peshawar

Prices for goods and services in New York City and Peshawar are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	New York City	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$2.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$8.99
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3692	$110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2206	$59.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5140	$157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3874	$96
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$70.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	14.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18073	$356
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7831	$279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$9.26
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.07	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.75	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$4.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.3	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$0.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$0.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.7	$2.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.61	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.5	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.4	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$14	$1.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.02	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$132	$10.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.7	$2.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$159	$10.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.5	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$12
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$44.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2095	$33.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21713	$3008

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2940
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3729
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3110
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$3145
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2842
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3304
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2840
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2917
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2795
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2791
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2820
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2821
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2707
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2797
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2805
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2545
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2725
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2823
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2540
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2557
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2665
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2791
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2692
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2485
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2697
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2775
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2614
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2779
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2710
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2729
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2669
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2634
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2450
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2762
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2488
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3192

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$394
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$373
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$381
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$371
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$373
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$496
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$438
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$456
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$504
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$280
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$391
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$253
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$335
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$447
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$393
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$382
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$344
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$306
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$359
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$309
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$313
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$379
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$332
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$286
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$339
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$450
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$468
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$340
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$397
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$401
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$440
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$371
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$350
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$346
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734