New York City vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New York City	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4051	$338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8925	$820
🏠 One person rent	$2620	$125
🏘️ Family rent	$4454	$220
🍽️ Food expenses	$807	$127
🚐 Transport expenses	$399	$53
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5777	$193
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	100	48
😀 Quality of life	97	40
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.97M

The cost of living in New York City is 1098% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5th and 9126th ($4051 vs $338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 19th 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 1.4 months in New York City compared to 0.6 months in Peshawar. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Peshawar ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 13th and 6896th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Peshawar

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	New York City	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.7	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$3.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.78	$1.42
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.16	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2702	$98
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2361	$44.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5005	$211
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3996	$97.5
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.3	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.73%	20.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$19111	$181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3215	$151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.88	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$7.15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$3.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$0.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$0.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.1	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.97	$0.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$144	$9.61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.8	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.4	$1.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1717	$28.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20585	$525

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$374
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$372
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$358
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$323
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$439
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$441
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$469
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$599
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$328
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$456
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$277
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$476
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$373
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$388
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$319
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$280
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$335
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$344
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$308
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$344
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$312
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$467
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$310
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$500
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$358
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$371
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$407
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$360
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$378
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659