New York City vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$809
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	100	47
😀 Quality of life	98	43
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.97M

The cost of living in New York City is 1157% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4th and 9121st ($4203 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 21st 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 0.3 months in Peshawar. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 11th and 7430th 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	$23.2	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$2261

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

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