New York City vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$824
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$190
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	100	48
😀 Quality of life	95	40
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.97M

The cost of living in New York City is 1183% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 3rd and 9093rd ($4441 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th 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 1.2 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 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 22nd and 6958th 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	$29.7	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$518

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596